The EViews 10 Demo

[Pages:3]The EViews 10 Demo

Your demo copy of EViews 10 is a full-featured version of the Enterprise Edition of EViews 10. While the demo does provide you with access to all of the features of the regular version, it will only run for a maximum of 30 days from the time of installation.

This document outlines the installation procedure for the EViews demo, and describes the documentation provided with the program. While EViews is a modern, easy-to-use Windows program, it does employ an innovative interface to provide sophisticated and powerful tools for data analysis. As such, you should be certain to read the brief section "Getting Started" on page 3 of this document for a description of where to find the documentation you will need to get the most from your EViews demo.

Installing EViews

The EViews 10 demo is distributed via download link. You should also have been provided with a 10-character user-name to be used in the demo installation and registration. If you did not receive a user-name you should contact the demo provider or IHS Global Inc. The actual installation of the software and supporting files is straightforward-- first close all other applications, then double-click on the installer application.

You will now be asked to enter a serial number and user-name. Type the word "DEMO" in the serial number field, then enter the 10-character user-name provided with your demo copy. Click on Next. Follow the instructions to complete the installation of your demo copy.

You should be aware that as part of the installation procedure, EViews will attempt to register files containing the extensions ".WF1", ".PRG" and ".EDB". If these extensions are already registered, you will be asked whether to allow EViews 10 to override the existing associations. Registering the extensions will allow you to double-click on files with these extensions to launch EViews 10.

Once the installation procedure is completed, click on Finish. The EViews Start Menu folder will open. To launch EViews, simply double-click on the EViews 10 icon (it is not necessary to restart your computer following installation).

Registering EViews

The first time the EViews demo is run on a new machine, you will be prompted to register the machine. Registration is a simple process that can be performed in a few seconds. The demo version of EViews will not run unless the machine has been registered as described below.

How Do I Register?

When you launch EViews on a machine that has not been registered, you will be presented with the main registration screen. You can choose to register in one of two ways: you can use the EViews auto registration features (by clicking on Auto Registration), or you can register manually (by clicking on Manual Registration). Selecting either of the latter two options will open a dialog prompting you for additional information.

Auto Registration If your computer is connected to the Internet, the EViews auto registration features should make registration a snap. Simply click on the Auto Registration... button to open a dialog containing the registration information.

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If you wish to continue with the auto registration, first make sure that the Name field contains the correct user-name and that the Serial # field contains the word "DEMO". To complete the registration process, click on the Register now button. EViews will contact one of our registration servers, the information contained in the dialog will be sent to the server, and the machine will be registered to run EViews. If successful, you will see a message indicating that registration was completed successfully.

There are some common reasons that auto registration may fail. First, auto registration will obviously not work if the computer is not connected to the Internet. Second, your computer may be behind a firewall which does not allow the required communication between your computer and our servers. Furthermore, while unlikely, it is possible that all of our registration servers may be down temporarily.

If you have problems with auto registration you may register manually as described in the next section.

Manual Registration

If auto registration fails or if you prefer not to use the automatic registration features, you can choose to register manually. From the main registration page, click on Manual Registration... to open the manual registration dialog.

In the dialog you will have to fill in three fields: the serial number, the user-name, and the registration key. Enter "DEMO" and the 10-character username in the first two fields.

As described in the dialog, there are four ways to acquire the registration key: web browser, email, phone, or standard mail.

The easiest method is via web browser. If you have access to any machine that is connected to the Internet with a Web browser, simply go to



which will direct you to our registration servers. Follow the links to the registration page, and fill in the form. You will need to enter the information displayed in the registration dialog. If your information is entered correctly, you will be provided with a 36-character registration key.

If you do not have access to a working web browser, you can contact our office via email, phone, or standard post:

IHS Global Inc. Attn: Registration 4521 Campus Drive, #336 Irvine, CA 92612 Email: register@ Web: Phone: 949-856-3368

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Please provide your 10-character user-name, the "DEMO" serial number, and the machine ID number. We will then be able to provide you with the 36-character registration key. Once you have obtained the key, simply enter your name as entered in the web page, enter the registration key, and click OK to finish the registration process. If all of the information is entered correctly, you will be informed that your registration is complete.

User Contact Information

Once registration is completed, either automatically or manually, EViews will display a contact page form. You may fill in this form to send name, address and phone number information to IHS Global Inc. This information is for our records only and will not be redistributed to others.

Getting Started

While easy-to-use, EViews does provide sophisticated and powerful tools for data analysis which require documentation. All of the EViews documentation may be viewed from within EViews using Adobe Acrobat Reader, or the standard Windows help system. The EViews 10 documentation set is provided in Adobe PDF format (along with Adobe Acrobat Reader). All of the PDF files are hypertext linked, making it easy to find the information you need. To access the files, select Help from the main menu and choose the desired volume. In addition, selecting Help/Readme opens a PDF file containing additional information. To access EViews Help, simply go to the main menu and select Help/EViews Help Topics or Help/Quick Help Reference and select one of the available shortcuts. Note that the on-line help system is fully searchable and hypertext linked. Before beginning to work with EViews, we recommend that you read through the "Introduction," "A Demonstration," "Workfile Basics," and "Object Basics" sections of the User's Guide I PDF or the Help documentation. In particular, the demo section will show you how to read data into EViews, examine descriptive statistics and graphical views of your data, estimate an equation, and perform simple hypothesis tests.

Purchasing EViews

Please contact our office if you wish to purchase EViews. Contact information is provided above. Email correspondence should be sent to sales@.

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