BCL Software is legacy software originating from the early 1980's which is still in wide use.
Updates will usually be sent as a file BCLLOAD.ZIP. Load this into the main BCL Folder and then select the options in the BCLMenu
Take the default prompts for "3 email saved into Beyond folder".
Check that the file displayed (BCLLOAD.ZIP) has a recent and not an old date
It will unzip this and show a second file BCLDIST.ZIP
C Loading new Files - Stage 1
Check the version number again at this point, as the
Stage 1 program
is a different program to the previous one -
this should also be version 3.1 or later especially if
loading
an email distribution.
The program will ask you to confirm some details: The
device
to load the rest of the update from, for an email
distribution
select the option "Email saved into Beyond" which will
have
a blank path (which means use the Beyond directory).
D Loading new Files - Stage 2
The program will check that all files in the
distribution are
present, if some are missing the program will stop at
this point.
E Loading new Files - Stage 3
(Note this is the stage at which other users need to be
not running
the BCL programs)
The program will then load on new files, and back up
the
previous versions. System files will be backed up
to a folder
OLDSYS, and programs to a folder OLDPROG.
F Checking the loading - Stage 4
The program will check that the programs have loaded
OK, and
make a report which you can print or email in the
normal manner.
Note the Distribution load program produces a report.