NOTES: 
1) INSTALLATION:
-you need a jdk (e.g. 1.3.x or 1.4.x from java.sun.com). jre is
 not enough.
-download openmdvp.jar from mdv.sourceforge.net
-put the file that you downloaded into an EMPTY directory. The name of the
 directory does not matter.
-with Windows, you can try out the double click jar method, but I recommend
 that whatever operating system you have, open a shell window (command.com, 
 cmd.exe, sh..) and type "java -jar openmdvp.jar" 
 (or javaw -jar openmdvp.jar with Windows)
-8080 is a "good" port unless you have something
 there already
-the system will start after some time. With Windows, you'll know
 it is running once you have some shell windows popping up.

2) TROUBLESHOOTING
-run java -jar openmdvp.jar -n to get a non-graphical installation program
-with Windows, if you get "Out of environment space" messages,
 please check: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q230205&
-if you can't access http://localhost:8080, make sure your browser does
 not want to use a http proxy for localhost

2) USING THE SYSTEM
-Point your browser to http://localhost:8080/mdv, you'll find some
 manuals there;

Tested the latest beta on Linux, Win95, Win2000, fixed some bugs
in the installation script.
More documentation, a jdk 1.4 specific install jar removed.

-Some browsers (Konqueror, Opera) need a refresh when returning to
 main window. Opera's file upload does not work.
-If a document type (say, A) has a binary or jpg field AND the user
 creates a document of that type (say, a) AND does not upload a file
 there, MDV still "shows" document a as if it contained a file.
-Search functions are quite limited.
-Uploading huge jpegs can crash the system (runs out of memory).
-With some Windows environments, the database connection crashes
 sometimes. This causes a very long error message to appear on your
 browser window.