+<H2><A NAME="ss9.2">9.2 CVS from a Windows platform</A>
+</H2>
+
+<P>After the initial setup, an update to your DXSpider software is no more than a couple
+of clicks away. This section is intended to explain and illustrate the use of the
+WinCVS application to update your DXSpider software. The current stable version of
+WinCVS is Ver. 1.2. You can get this software at:
+<P>
+<A HREF="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cvsgui/WinCvs120.zip">http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cvsgui/WinCvs120.zip</A><P>Pick your download mirror and then install WinCVS after the download is complete.
+<P>In this next section I have included a series of links to .jpg files to take advantage of the
+picture and 1000 words equivalency. The .jpg files are in the C:\spider\html directory. If
+someone using a Linux system is reading this section from boredom, the files are in
+/home/sysop/spider/html. One aside, a Linux user can also get a copy of gcvs and do your updates
+graphically as opposed to from the command line. The following descriptions are almost identical
+between WinCvs and gcvs. The following screen shots have duplicate links, depending upon whether
+you are viewing this information under the Windows or Linux operating system.
+<P>When WinCVS is installed, running, and you are connected to the internet, the initial screen looks like:
+<P>
+<A HREF="initial.jpg">initial.jpg</A><P>If you want, you can also look at these .jpg files with another viewer that might provide some
+better clarity to the image. On the left is the directory tree for your hard disk. Notice that
+the spider directory has a gray highlight.
+<P>To start configuring WinCVS, click on Admin at the top of the screen and then Preferences. This
+should get you:
+<P>
+<A HREF="pref-gen.jpg">pref-gen.jpg</A><P>In the top line for CVSROOT, enter:
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+anonymous@cvs.DXSpider.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/dxspider login
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>and select
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+"passwd" file on the cvs server
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>for Authentication on the General tab.
+<P>Next, move to the right to the Ports tab.
+<P>
+<A HREF="pref-ports.jpg">pref-ports.jpg</A><P>In here, check the box on the second line down for the "pserver" port. Enter a port number of 2401.
+<P>Finally, go to the WinCvs tab all the way to the right.
+<P>
+<A HREF="pref-wincvs.jpg">pref-wincvs.jpg</A><P>Enter Notepad as the viewer to open files. For the HOME folder, put "C:\spider" and click OK
+because the configuration is now complete.
+<P>You are now ready to upgrade your copy of DXSpider. Click on the greyed Spider folder
+shown in the directory tree on the left of the WinCVS display. Two things should happen. The Spider
+folder will be selected and the greyed-out arrow located just below the word Query in the top line will
+turn to solid green.
+<P>For anyone using gcvs under Linux, the green arrow is located on the extreme left of the display,
+under the word File. A gcvs screen looks like:
+<P>
+<A HREF="gcvs.jpg">gcvs.jpg</A><P>Click on the now green arrow to start the download process. An Update Settings box will be displayed
+to which you can simply say OK.
+<P>
+<A HREF="update-OK.jpg">update-OK.jpg</A><P>For future reference, the Update Settings box is the place where you can enter information to revert
+to a prior version of DXSpider. Information on reverting to a Before Date is contained in the WinCVS
+manual.
+<P>After a short period of time, a series of file names will scroll by in the lower pane of the WinCVS
+window. Eventually you should see
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+*****CVS exited normally with code 0*****
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+
+appear in the lower pane. You're done. The updated files are in place ready for you to stop and then
+restart your DXSpider. After the restart, you're running with the latest version of DXSpider.
+<P>
+<A HREF="completed.jpg">completed.jpg</A><P>To paraphrase from the CVS section... Now the magic part! From now on when you want to update, simply
+connect to the Internet and start WinCVS.
+<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>
+<PRE>
+Click on the greyed-out Spider directory in the left screen
+Click on the green down arrow
+Click OK on the Update Settings dialog box
+Restart your Spider software
+</PRE>
+</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>
+<P>