Citrix Installations

Merak 2007.1
December, 2007

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Released in December, 2007

Contents
About Citrix installations.................................................................................................. 1
Installing .NET, InstallShield Scripting Language, and MDAC ..................................... 2
Installing to a Citrix/Terminal Server............................................................................... 7
How to reach us ................................................................................................................ 9

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About Citrix installations

Note:
Due to the requirements of the .NET Framework, Windows NT 4
Terminal Server Edition is no longer supported.

When installing to a Citrix/Terminal Server server, setup will:

Install all required files for all selected products;
Register all required .dlls;
Create Windows shortcuts for all selected products.
Setup will not:
Install the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1;
Install the InstallShield Scripting Language;
Install MDAC 2.7 or 2.8 (must be completed before installing the Merak 2007.1 Suite);
Automatically reboot the server;
Create any ODBC data sources.
Note:
You may be required to restart your system up to 3 times to complete
this installation procedure, as the installation consists of the following
steps:

Install MDAC 2.8

Install the .NET Framework

Install the InstallShield Scripting Language

Install the Merak Suite

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Installing .NET, InstallShield Scripting Language,

and MDAC
Before you can install the Merak Suite, you must first install the .NET, InstallShield Scripting Language,
and MDAC. To read more about the Citrix install process, see About Citrix installations.
To install the Merak Suite to a Terminal Server/MetaFrame System:

1.

Insert the Merak Suite CD into your CD-ROM. If Setup starts automatically, click Cancel to stop the
installation.

2.

Click Start menu > Settings> Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.

3.

Click Add New Programs.

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4.

Click the CD or Floppy button. The Install Program from Floppy Disk or CD-ROM dialog box opens.

5.

Browse to or type the path ?:\Install\dotnetfx.EXE, where ?: is your CD-ROM Drive.

6.

Click Finish. You are prompted with the Microsoft .NET Framework Setup program.

7.

Click Next. The Microsoft .NET Framework will be installed on your system. Once the installation is
complete, you may be prompted to restart your server. If so, please restart your terminal server, and
return to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

8.

Click the CD or Floppy button. Browse to or type the path ?:\Install\isscript1050.EXE, where ? is
your CD-ROM Drive. This will install the InstallShield Scripting Language on your Terminal Server.

9.

Click Finish. The IS Script Installation Wizard opens.

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10. Click Next. The InstallShield Scripting Language will be installed on your system. Once the
installation is complete, you may be prompted to restart your server. If so, please restart your terminal
server, and return to the Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
11. Click the CD or Floppy button. Browse to or type the path ?\mdac 2.8\MDAC_TYP.exe, where ? is
your CD-ROM Drive. This will install MDAC 2.8 on your system.
12. Click Finish, the Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8 Setup dialog box opens.

13. Select the I accept all of the terms option and click Next. Your system is quickly scanned to see if it
meets minimum requirements.

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14. Click Finish. MDAC 2.8 is now installed on your system. You may be prompted to restart your server.

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15. If you are prompted to restart, select the I will restart the system myself option and click Finish to end
the installation. If you are prompted to restart your system, please save your work, close all
applications, and restart your computer.

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Installing to a Citrix/Terminal Server

The installation of the Merak suite should occur after you have installed Microsoft .NET, InstallShield
Scripting Language, and MDAC. If you have not already installed these components, see Installing .NET,
InstallShield Scripting Language, and MDAC.
To install the Merak Suite:
1.

Click Start menu > Settings> Control Panel> Add/Remove Programs.

2.

Click the CD or Floppy button. Browse to or type the path ?:\Install\Setup.EXE, where ? is your CDROM Drive. The Merak Suite installation program opens. When the InstallShield Wizard has fully
loaded, it will open to the Welcome dialog box.

3.

Click Next. The License Agreement dialog box opens.

4.

Read the agreement carefully. Then, if you want to accept the agreement and continue with the
installation, click Next. The Customer Information dialog box opens.

5.

Type your name and your companys name in their respective fields to register this copy of the Merak
Suite.

6.

Select the appropriate option to indicate whether the installation is for all users or a single user
(yourself) of the computer to which you are installing.

7.

Click Next. The Destination Folder dialog box opens.

8.

If you want to install all modules to the default directory (C:\Program Files\Merak) click Next. The
Custom Setup dialog box opens.

9.

OR,

10. If you want to the applications to be installed to a different directory, click Change,browse to the
correct location and click OK, then Next. The Custom Setup dialog box opens.
11. Each of the applications in the Merak Suite have sub-components, usually consisting of the application
Help system and release notes. By default, all applications and their sub-components are selected for
installation. Click the + symbol next to the application name to display a list of the sub-components
for the application.
12. To remove an application or its sub-components from the installation, click the hard-drive icon next to
the application name. A drop-down list of options opens.
13. In some cases, you will not see the option of running the software from the network, as some items
such as Help Files must be copied to your local PC. In this case, if you want to install the feature select
the This feature will be installed on local hard drive option (do not choose This feature, and all subfeatures, will be installed on local hard drive).
14. Choose the This feature will not be available option.
15. If you want to add the application or sub-component back into the installation, choose the This feature
will be installed on the local hard drive.
16. Repeat step 10 for each application or sub-component of an application that you do not want to include
in the installation.
17. Click Next.
Note:
The remaining dialog boxes are dependent upon the component selections that
you have made for the installation. Depending on your selections, some of the
following dialog boxes may not open.
18. If you are installing Peep, the Peep Economic Regimes dialog box opens.

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19. Select the economic regime(s) that you want to use, and are licensed for. For example, if you have chosen to
install Peep, but only want to use Canadian and United States economics, select the Canadian and United States
check boxes and clear the World check box.

20. Once you have selected the regimes that you want to use, click Next. If you are installing PetroDesk,
the PetroDesk ConfigFile Path dialog box opens. A default destination folder is displayed.
21. Do one of the following:
Click Next to accept the default path, or
Click Change to select the directory where you want to store the PetroDesk Configuration files.
When returned to the above dialog box, click Next.
The PetroDesk PDStore Path dialog box opens. Again, a default destination folder is displayed.
22. Repeat step 15 to select the directory where you want to store the PetroDesk PDStore files (these files
will require approximately 125MB of hard disk space), then click Next. The Select PDStore Layers
dialog box opens.Select the PDStore layers that you want to use.
Note:
The listed data vendors supply only Canadian data. If you do not plan to use Canadian data, do
not select any of the listed vendors. Also, the Merak Suite installation will not actually load
these layers; rather, it will simply set up your system to accommodate them. To load these
layers, please contact Schlumberger Information Solutions for a PetroDesk 2007.1 Canadian
Dataset CD (see How to Reach Us for contact information).

23. Click Next. The Ready to Install dialog box opens.

24. Click Install. When the installation process is complete you may be advised to reboot your system. If
so, you will be required to restart your system before the Merak Suite will function correctly.
Note: if users will be using Crystal Reports with VOLTS, you will need to copy the Crystal Reports .dlls
from the Crystal directory in which the install has placed them, and paste them into the System32 directory.

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How to reach us
United States
E-mail: merak-us-support@slb.com
Houston Tel.: +1 713-621-1165

Canada
E-mail: merakcscanada@slb.com
Calgary Tel.: +1-888-986-4357 (toll-free)

Europe and Africa

E-mail: merakcslondon@slb.com
London Tel.: +44 (0)207 517 2626

Russia and Caspian

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Moscow Tel.: 7 495 935 8200 Ext. 1218

South America

International
Offices

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Mexico Tel.: 001 866 326 0174
Argentina Tel.: 0 800 444 0919
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Colombia Tel.: 980912 3029
Venezuela Tel.: 0800 1 00 3588

Middle East
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Asia and Australia

E-mail: merakcsasia@slb.com
Malaysia Tel.: +60-3-21694266
Indonesia Tel.: +62-21-5229343
Australia Tel.: +61-1800001112
Thailand Tel.: +66-2-9371300
China Tel.: +86-10-64746699 Ext. 2816

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