Open
an account
The first step is to register by filling out the electronic form
in the section “Open an account.”
After having submitted the form, you will receive e-mail confirmation
of the new account as well as related information (user name and
password).
Please note that it is not necessary to be registered to install
and start the application--as an unregistered user, you have complete
access to the application except that you cannot download data.
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Downloading and installing the
Java plug-in
The Java
plug-in must be installed before the application can be run
for the first time. The plug-in must be version 1.4.1 or higher.
The upload can take some time since the file size is about 10 Mb
for version 1.4.1; version 1.4.2 is about 1.4 Mb. However, when
you install version 1.4.2, additional files will be downloaded when
the installation is run.
To begin the installation, double-click on the *.exe file that
you downloaded and follow the instructions. The installation time
for version 1.4.2 is longer than version 1.4.1 since the files are
downloaded from the Internet during the installation. If your Internet
connection is slow, this will be somewhat time-consuming.
When the installation is completed, go to the control panel, double-click
on the Java icon, then select the “Browser” tab. Deselect
all the boxes so that the Java plug-in is not the default virtual
Java machine. If you do not do this, certain software components
developed with Microsoft development tools and specially conceived
to function within the Microsoft browser will no longer work. The
virtual Java machine required for these software components must
be the one furnished by Microsoft since there are incompatibilities
with standard Java.
This application uses the Java Web Start® technology. Because
of this, when you start the application for the first time, it will
be uploaded to your workstation and a shortcut will be created on
your desktop. Afterward, you can use the application without having
to go through the Internet site.
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Procedure to extract data from
the system
After you have opened an account and installed and started the application,
extracting data from the system is accomplished by following the
following three steps:
- 1. Create a query
This step involves entering information following the rules specific
for each tabbed section. The information that you enter allows
you to focus on the data set that you are looking for.
- 2. Submit the query
To submit a query, you click the button .A
window opens in which you must specify your user name, password,
and a valid e-mail account. To submit queries and receive data,
you must be registered in the system so that you have a user name
and password.
- 3. Receive data
After having submitted a query, you will receive an e-mail message
that tells you how to retrieve your copy of the data. This message
includes a summary of your search criteria as well as the URL
where the data is held. You click on this hyperlink and a “*.zip”
file containing the data will be downloaded to your workstation.
The maximum number of data files that you can download is currently
limited to 500. While you are building your query,
you can see the number of data files corresponding to the current
query specifications in the lower part of the window. You should
adjust your query so that the number of data files is below 500.
This maximum number may be revised in the future.
On-line help is available from two places: 1) by clicking on the
hyperlink user guide in the menu to the right of this page and 2)
by clicking on the icon
from the application. |