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User Guide

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USER LICENSE AGREEMENT_____________________________________________2

FOREWORD________________________________________________________________3

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE CSMAR.NET____________________5

SECTION 1 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE ________________________________51. TARGET USERS _____________________________________________________52. COMPONENTS OF THIS GUIDE ________________________________________53. CONVENTIONS ______________________________________________________5SECTION 2 FUNCTIONS ______________________________________________5

CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION OF THE CSMAR.NET SYSTEM____________________________________________________________________7

SECTION 1 INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS ___________________________71. Hardware Requirement____________________________________________72. Software Requirement_____________________________________________7SECTION 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE _______________________________81. STANDALONE VERSION _______________________________________________92. NETWORK VERSION ________________________________________________181. SERVER END _____________________________________________________182. CLIENT END ______________________________________________________24

CHAPTER 3 HOW TO USE CSMAR DATABASE TOOL__________________30

1. Introduction______________________________________________________302. Database Management___________________________________________303. Display existing database_________________________________________324. ATTACH CSMAR DATABASE _________________________________________335. AUTO REPAIR ______________________________________________________376. DELETE DATABASER ________________________________________________38

CHAPTER 4 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS_______________________38

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User License Agreement

Statement of Copyright and All Other Rights

CSMAR® Series Research Database System (CSMAR® system), which consists of software and databases, is designed and developed by GTA Information Technology Limited (GTA IT Co., Ltd.). All rights of the CSMAR® system and its related files are vested in the GTA IT Co., Ltd. Such rights are protected under the national "Copyright Laws" and "Trademark Laws" of the People's Republic of China, and under the provisions of the International Copyrights Agreement. Users of the CSMAR® System may not delete the Statement of Copyright from the system. Users of the CSMAR® System must guarantee that all authorized installed copies of the system (in part or whole) carry the Statement of Copyright; users must also agree to prevent any unauthorized reproduction of the CSMAR® System, or any of its files. Unauthorized copying or distribution of the content of the CSMAR® System or any of its files, in part or whole, will be liable to prosecution.

Statement on User License Agreement

The two parties to this User License Agreement are the User - individual or organizational - of the Database, and GTA Information Technology Company Limited (GTA IT Co., Ltd.). Before using the Database, the User must accept the Agreement by endorsing it. In case of objections to the Agreement, the User should not use this Database. Instead, the software, with its seal intact, should be returned together with a written declaration to GTA IT Co., Ltd., within 30 days.

Terms of the License Agreement

The User acknowledges that GTA IT Co., Ltd. has spent considerable effort, time, and money in developing the CSMAR® System.

The User, under pledge of this Agreement, is not to transfer or sell, or make available, the CSMAR® System, in part or whole, to any third party. Under this Agreement, the right to use the CSMAR® System is granted to the User only.

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The User must agree and guarantee that all necessary and appropriate precautions will be taken to protect the copyright and all other rights of the CSMAR® System and its data.

The User must inform all its users regarding the copyright of this CSMAR® System and this User License Agreement. The User must also request all its users to abide by the copyright declaration, and all the clauses contained in this Agreement.

Before the expiration of the User License Agreement, the User agrees to be held liable for all the obligations and responsibilities stipulated in the Agreement.

After-sale Guarantee

GTA IT Co., Ltd. guarantees that the CSMAR® System and its medium of storage will run without defects under normal circumstances. Should there be any defects (to be verified by GTA IT Co., Ltd.) within 90 days of purchase, GTA IT Co., Ltd. will undertake all obligations to provide a replacement for the CSMAR® System. The CSMAR® System thus replaced will be guaranteed for the remaining time of the original 90-day guarantee, or for 30 days whichever is longer. GTA IT Co., Ltd. will not be liable for defects caused by accidents, errors on the part of the User, or by failure to use the CSMAR® System in accordance with the instructions provided.

Termination of the User License

Should the User violate any clause stipulated in this Agreement, GTA IT Co., Ltd. can terminate the User License at any time and with immediate effect. Upon termination of the User License, the User must immediately destroy all copies of the CSMAR® System and its files, or return them to GTA IT Co., Ltd.

Governing Laws of the Agreement

Copyright Law and Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China, and International Copyright Agreement.

Disclaimer

GTA IT Co., Ltd. makes its best endeavours to provide the User with data that are reliable and accurate. However, GTA IT Co., Ltd. cannot guarantee the total accuracy or completeness of such data. Under no circumstances will GTA IT Co., Ltd. be held liable for any profit loss, damage (whether direct or indirect, extraordinary or accidental, unavoidable or occasional), or expense arising from the use of the data provided.

GTA IT Co., Ltd. makes its best endeavours to update the CSMAR® System as often as possible. However, GTA IT Co., Ltd. assumes no liability or responsibility for any loss caused by the data provided with regard to timeliness or "recentness". In case of errors in the CSMAR® System or its files, the User should try to notify GTA IT Co., Ltd. immediately; GTA IT

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Co., Ltd. will do its best to rectify such errors in the next update of the CSMAR® System.

In case of questions concerning this Agreement, please contact:

GTA Information Technology Company Limited

Address: 18th Floor, Zhongshen Building, 7003 Beihuan Avenue, Shenzhen, P. R. China

Postal

Code:518034

Telephone: 86-755-8394 0081

Fax: 86-755-8394 0070

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.gtadata.com

Foreword

Along with the vigorous development of the Chinese stock market, the

need for empirical research on the China stock market is accelerated.

However, comparing with the well-developed overseas stock market

researches, domestic academic market research is fewer and indigent.

Among them, incomplete and inaccurate data, fussy program of data

extract and export are the main reasons for preventing the development of

the China stock market research.

In order to conquer these obstacles and promote research on the Chinese

stock market, GTA IT Co., Ltd. designed and developed CSMAR® Series

Research Database System (CSMAR System) on the basis of existing

number of large and accurate databases. CSMAR® system is a large

retrieval system which can load all GTA databases, such as CSMAR® China

Stock Market Trading Database, CSMAR® China Stock Market Financial

Database, CSMAR® China Stock Market Financial Database - Financial

Ratios, China Fund Market Research Database, China Bond Market

Research Database, China Futures Market Research Database, China Stock

Market IPO Research Database (A Share), China Stock Market IPO

Research Database (B Share), China Stock Market Cash and Stock

Dividends Research Database, China Stock Market Rights Offering and

Seasoned New Issue Research Database, China Stock Market M & A, Asset

Restructuring Research Database, China Stock Market Corporate

Governance Research Database, etc.

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The user-friendly interface of CSMAR® system enables users to access and

analyse the needed data easily, rapidly and accurately. GTA IT Co., Ltd.

offers daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual update of data

according to the characteristics of each database and users' requirement to

ensure the continuity and timeliness of the database. On the basis of the

previous standalone version, .Net version offers good solutions for

questions raised by users, and provides interfaces of different styles, as

well as more convenient search mode.

We hope that the release of the CSMAR.NET will not only lead to

accelerated and quality development of empirical research on the Chinese

stock market, but also add more breadth and depth to Chinese financial

market research activities, which will enhance the structured development

of the financial market.

GTA Information Technology Company Limited

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PChapter 1 Introduction to the CSMAR.NET

Section 1 How to Use this Guide

1.Target Users

Target users of the Database include finance and accounting academics of

education institutions, individuals and organizations engaged in Chinese

financial market research, and the research departments of investment

banks, finance institutes, and stock brokerage firms.

2. Components of this Guide

This Guide comprises five parts. They are ：

User License Agreement and Foreword Statement of Copyright and

all other rights; Statement on User License Agreement; Terms of the

License Agreement; After-sale Guarantee; Termination of the User

License; Governing Laws of the Agreement; and Disclaimer.

Chapter 1 Introduction to the CSMAR.NET An overview of

CSMAR®.NET system.

Chapter 2 Installation of the CSMAR.NET Installation procedure of

CSMAR®.NET system.

Chapter 3 How to use CSMAR Database Tool Functions of database

tool and how to attach CSMAR® Series Research Database.

Chapter 4 FAQs Answers to the most frequently asked questions.

3. Conventions

For simplicity and consistency, this guide uses the following conventions (taking the right-handed as an example).

Convention Implication

Click A single click on a mouse button (usually the left button)

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Double-click Tapping a mouse button (usually the left button) twice in

rapid succession

Right-click A single click on a mouse button (usually the right button).

Right-click opens a shortcut menu.

Section 2 Functions

The .NET version of CSMAR® Series Research Database System (CSMAR®

system) is a database retrieval and analytical system developed by GTA IT

Co., Ltd., which can quickly and conveniently import all GTA databases.

The launch of CSMAR® system will totally resolve the problem of fussy data

extract and export program. You can retrieve the needed data fast by only

tapping the mouse button

The functions are briefly described as follows,

● Select Data

User can precisely locate the needed data by securities, date, data field

and criteria. The retrieval mode is more flexible and convenient.

● View Data

After requesting the data, you can browse loaded data immediately, and

don't need to wait until the retrieval is completed.

● Data Export

After requesting data, users can immediately export them into an .xls

(Excel) file, a comma-delimited text (CSV) file, a .txt (text) file or a dbf

(Foxpro) file, facilitating the follow-up research.

● Online Upgrade

The software and database products are provided with update and

upgrade. CSMAR system can be timely upgraded into a system with

stronger function and more convenient use.

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Chapter 2 Installation of The

Csmar.NET System

Section 1 Installation Requirements

1.Hardware Requirement

The hardware requirements of installing and running CSMAR system is as

following,

Hardwar

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Minimum Configuration Recommended

Configuration

PC Intel Pentium or compatible PC, 600 MHz or

above

CPU: Pentium

VI 1GHz or

above

Memory

(RAM)

For Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2003

Server, 128 MB is required

For Windows 2000, the minimum requirement is

128 MB

512M

Hard Disk

Space

CSMAR® SYSTEM (Standalone version) requires

50 MB or above, plus additional 500 MB to 5000

MB which depends on which CSMAR database

you purchased.

CSMAR® SYSTEM (Network Version) (SQL

Server excluded) needs 50 MB, plus additional

500MB to 5000 MB which depends on the

CSMAR database you purchased.

5G of available

hard disk space

or above

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Display Display and Display Adapter supporting

800x600, 256 colour or above

1024 x 768 high

colors or above,

32M true colors

Driver CD-ROM driver (needed for installing CSMAR®

System with CD-ROM)

2.Software Requirement

Operating System

Before installing the CSMAR System, be sure that one of the following

operating systems has been installed,

Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise

Edition, Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, Windows Server 2003

Web Edition.

Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000

Datacenter Server.

Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition.

Windows 2000 Professional.

Database System:

Network version (Server Side): SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

Standalone Version: MSDE (Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine)

Notes: Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows 98 do

not support MSDE (SP4) and Microsoft .net framework, and therefore can

not install the Standalone version or Network version (Server Side) of

CSMAR® System.

3.Notes of Software Installation

If the system's "local security policy" is set to "Do not allow

installation", the installation of CSMAR System may fail.

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1. Please check if the local security policy (Windows 2000) is set to

"Unsigned non-driver installation behaviour" (Control

Panel→Administrative Tools→Local Security Policy→Local Policies→Safety

Option→Unsigned non-driver installation behaviour).

2. If "Do not allow installation" is selected, please change the setting to

"silently succeed" before installing MSDE 2000 SP4. This setting can be

reverted to the original setting after installation, if necessary.

Notes: "Do not allow installation" is not a default setting of these security

policies.

CSMAR® SYSTEM must install Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, which is

a running environment of new generation application freely released by

Microsoft company.

Section 2 Installation Procedure

Standalone version: Please ensure that you have imported data before running CSMAR System (Standalone version) (please refer to “1. Standalone Version”). As for the data import, please refer to “Chapter 3 How to use CSMAR Database Tool”.

Network Version: Please confirm that you have installed the Network

Version (Server Side) software before running (please refer to “2. Network

Version”). As for the installation of server side, please refer to “Server

Side”. After completing installation, run CSMAR System (Client Side). Click

"File" menu and select "Connect Server" option, the "Connect Server"

window will pop up. Enter the name of SQL server (Client Side).

1. Standalone Version

1) The contents of installation disk of the CSMAR® System (Standalone

version) is as following.

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2) Insert installation disk into CD- ROM drive and the installer will run

automatically. AutoRun interface will pop up.

Notes

If the installer does not run automatically, please double click

AutoRun.exe in the Autorun directory of F disk (suppose your

installation disk is F disk), and the installer will run.

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3) Click "Install MSDE" button, the installation program will guide you

through the rest of the installation process of Microsoft SQL Server

Desktop Engine (Instead, you can directly click and run MSDE.EXE in the

disk).

a) Initial interface is as follows,

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b) Install MSDE with instance name, i.e. GTA_DATANET.

During the installation of MSDE, if the system asks you to restart your

computer (as below), please select "No" button and restart it manually

later. After the installation is completed, if the "CSMAR Database Tools"

fails to import data, please restart your computer.

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c) MSED service will be started automatically after the completion of

MSDE installation.

The Standalone version requires using MSDE as the data engine. If your

system fails to install MSDE, the System will be unable to read the CSMAR

data. Please check whether your PC configuration satisfies the installation

requirements (for CSMAR SYSTEM and Microsoft MSDE).

d) Installation is completed.

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Notes

If you want to uninstall MSDE, please click Start > Settings >

Control Panel, select “Add/Remove Programs”, and then select

“Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (GTA_DATANET)”.

4) Click “Install CSMAR SYSTEM (Standalone Version)” button, the

installation program will guide you through the rest of the installation

process (Instead, you can directly click and run SETUP.EXE in the disk).

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5) Click "Next". Please read the User License Agreement carefully, and

then click accept.

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6) Click "Next". Enter your username, company name and serial No. (can

be found on the CD box)

7) Click "Next" to select the installation directory.

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8) Click "Next", then the installation confirmation dialog will pop up.

9) Click "Install" button, as follows,

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10) Install Microsoft .Net Framework. The whole process may takes 1 to 8

minutes, depending on hardware configuration.

11) Install MDAC. The whole process may takes 1 to 3 minutes, depending

on hardware configuration.

12) Installation is completed.

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By now, you have installed CSMAR® system (Standalone Version)

successfully.

Welcome to CSMAR® system.

Notes

Please import data before running CSMAR System (Standalone Version).

For detailed procedures, please see " Chapter 3 How to use CSMAR

Database Tool".

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2. Network Version

(1) Server End

Contents of installation disk of CSMAR® System Network Version (Sever

End) is as follows

Insert installation disk into CD-ROM driver and the installer will run


NotesIf the installer fails to run automatically, please double click

AutoRun.exe in the installation disk and the installer will run.

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2) Click “Install GTA Tools (required)” button to install CSMAR database

tool (Instead, you can directly click and run DATAMGR.EXE in the disk).

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then click accept.

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By now, you have installed CSMAR Database Tool successfully.

Welcome to employ CSMAR Database Tool to attach CSMAR® database

(Please refer to Chapter 3 How to use CSMAR Database Tool).

Note

s

If you want to run CSMAR System at server side, please click the

“Install CSMAR SYSTEM (choosen)” button on the AutoRun

interface to install CSMAR System software (Instead, you can

directly click and run SETUP.EXE in the disk).

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(2) Client End

1) Contents of installation disk of CSMAR® System Network Version (Client

Side) is as follows

2) Insert installation disk into CD-ROM driver and the installer will run


NotesIf the installer fails to run automatically, please double click

AutoRun.exe in the installation disk and the installer will run.

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3) As above, click “Install CSMAR SYSTEM (Client Side)” button, the installation program will guide you through the rest of the installation process (Instead, you can directly click and run SETUP.EXE in the disk).

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then click accept.

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By now, you have installed CSMAR® system Network Version (Client End)

successfully.

Welcome to CSMAR® system.

Notes

Please confirm that you have installed the Network Version (Server

End) before running the Network Version (Client End) software. As

for the installation of server side, please refer to “Server Side”. After

completing installation, run CSMAR System (Client End). Click "File"

menu and select "Connect Server" option, the "Connect Server"

window will pop up. Enter the name of SQL server (Server End).

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Chapter 3 How to use CSMAR Database

Tool

1. Introduction

CSMAR Database Tool facilitates user to manage CSMAR databases, whose

main functions are to connect database server, display existing CSMAR

database, attach CSMAR database and delete existing CSMAR database.

The details will be illustrated below

2. Database Management

Click “CSMAR Database Tool” (Double click the icon of “CSMAR Database

Tool”, or click Start > Programs > GTA SOFT > CSMAR SYSTEM 3.1 >

CSMAR Database Tool), to connect database server.

NotesAs below, please select the server name, that is, the PC’s name followed by

SQL instance name.

For standalone version, select “GTA-WWL\GTA_DATANET”, as Figure 1 or

Figure 1-1.

For Network Version, there are two cases, as follows,

As Figure 1, select “GTA-WWL” (only PC’s name, indicating that the default

instance name is selected during the installation of SQL Server 2000);

As Figure 1-1, select “GTA-ZMJ\SQLDATA” (indicating that the instance name

is defined during the installation of SQL Server 2000).

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Figure 1

Figure 1-1

Select Server and click the “Connect” button to import the index

(GTA_INDEX.GTA).

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Figure 2

Click the “OK” button to enter the interface of attaching database.

Figure 3

As Figure 1, enter a server path to the “Select Server” input box. Or click

to view the drop-down list and select a Local SQL or MSDE path. If you

use ID of system administrator or system administration member to login

the operating system, please use Window identification ID to connect

server, or designated identification ID of SQL Server. (Notes: User of

Standalone version, please directly use the default Window identification

ID to connect server). Since the main function of CSMAR database tool is

for adding, updating or deleting of CSMAR database, which can only be

used on PCs that installed SQL server or MSDE. While other functions such

as “Auto Repair” does not limit to PCs that installed SQL server or MSDE.

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3. Display existing database

If connection is successful, the interface will show which CSMAR

databases have been installed.

Figure 4

4.Attach CSMAR database

User needs to add new CSMAR database first. Click the button, and the

below window will pop up.

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Figure 5

Click the button.

Figure 6

Select data files, and then click the “Open” button.

Notes

500 MB of Available hard disk space is required, which depends on

the CSMAR database you purchased. Please ensure that the disk of

database file has enough available space.

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Figure 7

The data file will be added to the database list, as below.

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Figure 8

Click the button, and attaching schedule will be shown as below.

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Figure 9

To change the path, please click the button.

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5.Auto Repair

After database is attached or deleted, click the button,

and then the GTA_INDEX will be updated according to the CSMAR

databases that are installed in the server, so as to correctly reflect

which CSMAR databases have been installed

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6.Delete Database

Click the button, and then click “Yes” to delete the

selected database.

Chapter 4 Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Under the Window XP operating system, after installing service pack (SP2), why there is a MSDE error message when during installing CSMAR. NET?

A: Because Windows XP user has installed MSDE after installing SP2. Please ignore the message and continue.

Q: I Failed to connect the database server, how to cope with this problem?

A: Please confirm that SQLSP4 is correctly installed in the database server.

(1) Please ensure that the database server you entered is correct. You’d

better use IP address.

(2) Run under command prompt: telnet followed by IP address of database

server, 1433 (the default port of SQL Server installation is usually 1433. If

two SQL Server instances are installed in one server, the other instance

will enable another port. As for details, please inquire the network system

administrator or database administrator). The connection failure usually

results from the network problem, which can be solved by customer system

administrator.

(3) Please check the firewall setting of client side, if any, and ensure that

2411 port is opened.

The firewall setting of Windows XP or above is as follows,

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As above, right click My Network Places > Properties > Advanced >

Settings > Exceptions > Add Port.

Q: I Failed to attach CSMAR database, how to cope with this

problem?

A: Please delete CSMAR data in the instance, if any, and ensure that all

database files have unique names in the directory, and then attach

CSMAR data. Otherwise, you may fail to attach database.

Copyrights 2005, ShenZhen GTA Information Technology CO., LTD. All rights reserved.

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