NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta Release Notes
NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta is a Windows-based client application that communicates with the NewsEdge LAN Server to provide personalized, real-time scrolling news. You can launch NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta from within any Reuters Application Environment (RACE) compliant application, or run it in standalone mode from your desktop.
NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta features include:
Scrolling headlines, stories, and stock quotes delivered in two types of Windows applications:
Non-Multiple Document Interface (NMDI) – Floating toolbar, multiple view windows, and Alert Banners can be placed strategically around the desktop.
Multiple Document Interface (MDI) – Single application frame contains fixed toolbar and moveable view windows. Floating Alert Banners can be launched from the toolbar.
Custom software installation program
Advanced searching by word, phrase, date, subject, ticker, source, or Boolean expression
View tree for quickly creating views for your Alert Profiles, News Sources, Quotes, and Saved Searches.
Support for the RACE-compliant application environment
Drag and drop of one or more selected RIC codes from a RACE-compliant application to the Live Headline View to perform company or ticker search on the Full View
Drag and drop of RIC codes from the NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta application to a RACE-compliant application
Drag and drop of RIC codes within the NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta application
Personal alert profiling to proactively filter news of interest
Visual and audible alerts as profiled stories arrive
Customizable user interface
Internal publishing (must be specially configured)
Multi-select headlines for printing and saving stories
Stock quotes through a S&P ComStock subscription
Drag and drop searching for words, phrases, subjects, and tickers
Reuters News 2000 story format
Automatic NewsEdge Server™ logon (with failover in a redundant pair configuration)
Online Help based on HTML with full text search
"What's This?" Help text for dialog boxes
Following are some restrictions and known problems that exist in NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta:
If positioned on the last alert headline in an Alert Banner and a new alert arrives, the down arrow becomes enabled but you cannot navigate to the next oldest alert.
The Table Format option in Story View preferences reformats tables using the Courier font. If this system font is deleted from your system for any reason, tables will not be formatted properly.
In the Story View, a profile hit word is not highlighted if it is the first word in the story.
In the Story View, when the Paragraph Format option is enabled, double-clicking on meta data (ticker and subject codes) may result in improper highlighting. You can manually select the code you want to drag.
Occasionally, a blank line appears in the Headline View. Click on the blank line to repaint the headline.
In the Headline View, if you try to print or save stories and the message, "Error retrieving stories; story not processed" appears, retry the operation for the remaining stories.
In the Quote View, a dialog box may appear with the message "Quotes are unavailable" even when quotes are available.
When you use a PostScript print driver to print stories that were received from certain newswires, a string of extra characters (such as `@PGL EOJ NAME="NWQS0021") may appear at the end of some stories.
This section describes the client hardware and client software required for NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta.
IBM-compatible PC with Pentium processor or higher
Required memory:
– 16MB of RAM for Microsoft Windows 95 or 98
– 32MB of RAM for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
20MB disk space (minimum) to install and run NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta
Supported operating systems:
– Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 (for standalone mode only)
– Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation (for RACE-compliant and standalone modes)
Note: Refer to the documentation included with your RACE-compliant application for complete software requirements.
800x600 or higher display resolution
Network protocols for TCP/IP
To install NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta:
Insert the NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta CD. The CD contains the following files:
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Description |
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Release.htm |
The online version of this document. |
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Live50.exe |
The installation program for using NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta in standalone mode only. |
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Live50D.exe |
Debug version of the NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta installation program (standalone). |
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LiveReuters50.exe |
The installation program for using NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta in the RACE application environment. |
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LiveReuters50D.exe |
Debug version of the NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta installation program (RACE). |
Click Start and click Run. From the Run menu, select LiveReuters50.exe and click OK to begin the installation.
Proceed through the installation screens until you reach the User Information screen. Type in your Name and Company, and Serial Number provided to you for this release.
Proceed to the Setup Type screen, and choose Custom. As you check off the components you want to install, scroll down to select NSI.
Note: If you have any version of NewsEdge Live installed, your old NSI initialization file is saved as Nsi.old, and a new Nsi.ini file is created.
Proceed to the Select Component screen and select NSI 3.2.1 or NSI 4.1, depending on the NewsEdge Server version to which you are connecting.
Proceed through the remaining installation screens.
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The program is installed in C:\Program Files\NewsEdge\Live by default, or in the folder you selected in the Choose Destination Location screen. |
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In the Select Components screen, select TCP/IP DATAGRAM or TCP/IP Session. |
This section describes how to
Change the default mode for launching NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta in the RACE-compliant application
Launch NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta from a RACE-compliant application
To run NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta in standalone mode:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to NewsEdge Live (or the program group you created during the installation), and click one of the following programs:
NELiveM.exe – Starts a floating toolbar and view window with scrolling headlines. Multiple windows containing headline searches, stories, and quotes can be sized and positioned around the desktop. Floating alert banners visually and audibly notify you as alert stories arrive. Note: This mode is the initial default for launching NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta from your RACE-compliant application.
NELiveN.exe – Starts a single application frame with multiple view windows and a fixed toolbar. Multiple headline, story, and quote view windows can be sized and positioned within the application frame. Floating alert banners visually and audibly notify you as alert stories arrive.
Run both applications (separately or at the same time) to evaluate the application that best suits your needs.
To change the default mode for launching NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta from a RACE-compliant application:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to the program group you created for NewsEdge Live, and click Live MDI or Live NMDI.
Run the version you want to set as the default mode, and then exit the application. The last application to be running becomes the default mode for your RACE-compliant application.
To launch NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta from a RACE-compliant application:
Right-click on one or more selected RIC codes, and click NewsEdge. The Headline View appears with a search on the selected companies.
If you want to remove NewsEdge Live 5.0 Beta, perform the following steps:
Open the Control Panel, and select Add/Remove Programs.
From the Install/Uninstall tab, select NewsEdge Live, and click Add/Remove. The program is automatically removed from the system.
This Beta release is available only for internal NewsEdge Corporation testing and limited customer evaluation. NewsEdge has verified the basic functionality of the software, but has not tested it to the rigorous standards of a released product. If you are unable to solve a problem using the online documentation, please email any questions or problems to Live50@newsedge.com or contact your NewsEdge representative.
We welcome your comments and suggestions regarding this product.