Before you install Pro API, you should ensure that you have the following:
If any of these items are missing, please contact Experian Technical Support.
The Pro Primary API is available for the Windows and UNIX platforms listed below. The User Interface API is available for Windows platforms only.
Enough free hard disk space to store all the data files is also required. See the Data Guide supplied with each dataset for details about how much space you need.
You must be logged in with administrator privileges to install Pro API.
The Pro API CD-ROM contains the setup executable for Pro API (which should start automatically when you insert the CD-ROM).
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On the Licence Agreement dialog, the licence agreement is displayed. You should read the licence agreement, and if you are happy with the terms, select the I accept the terms of the licence agreement option.
Choose the destination folder you want to install to.
Click Finish to complete your installation.
Run the data installer from the CD or DVD. To ensure that all datasets are compatible, all data CDs or DVDs for a country must be the same version, and should be installed at the same time.
A set of files is installed for each dataset you need to support. For example, there are four data files installed for Australia: aus.dts, aus.tpx, aus.zlx and aus.zlb.
Before you begin the data installation process, you should ensure that you have the despatch note that is supplied with Pro. The despatch note contains all of the licence keys for each dataset that you have purchased. When you install data for the first time, you are prompted to insert the licence key for each dataset that you want to install.
To install or update data on Windows, follow these steps:
Experian provides periodic updates of datasets as and when updated data is available. These updates are supplied to you on CD-ROM or DVD; follow the instructions in the installation program to replace your existing datasets.
Datasets expire after a certain period of time, at which point you must install an update. The low level API function QA_GetLicensingDetail tells you how many days are left before a dataset expires. By default, a dialog will be displayed when you start Pro, which lists all the datasets that are due to expire soon. You can disable this dialog using the qaattribs_NOLICENSINGDLG flag.
Visit the troubleshooting section to troubleshoot your installation.
To install Pro API on UNIX, just copy the appropriate program files from the CD-ROM/DVD.
You should copy all files from the CD-ROM or DVD data folder. Data files must be in lower case and in the following format: usa.zlx, usa.dts, usagcd.dap.
The first time that you carry out a data update, you will need to add InstalledData and DataMappings settings to the qawserve.ini file.
The qawserve.ini file is located in the apps folder. Open the file using a plain text editor such as vi or emacs. Under the [QADefault] section, locate the settings InstalledData and DataMappings. These settings contains a list of the datasets you have installed.
Add a line to each setting for each new dataset that you are installing, or update the path for any dataset you are updating.
Experian provides periodic updates of datasets as and when updated data is available. These updates are supplied to you on CD-ROM or DVD; follow the instructions in the installation program to replace your existing datasets.
Datasets expire after a certain period of time, at which point you must install an update. The low level API function QA_GetLicensingDetail tells you how many days are left before a dataset expires. By default, a dialog will be displayed when you start Pro, which lists all the datasets that are due to expire soon. You can disable this dialog using the qaattribs_NOLICENSINGDLG flag.