Updating by email directly from PC with email Facilities

To update your ADP licence by email, please take the following steps:

1. Select Start > Programs > Admiralty Digital Publications > Data Updating Wizard
2. The Data Updating Wizard – Welcome window should be displayed
3. Select Obtain updates from the UKHO then Next
4. Select Send email to request update then Next
5. The Data Updating Wizard – Area window should be displayed
6. Select the areas required. Note: the areas licenced should already be ‘ticked’ you can also
de-select if necessary.
7. Select Next

You will be given 2 options to when you want to send the e-mail:

8. If you have email on your PC – select Send the email now Select Finish. An e-mail with the
subject line UKHOBLUR is created containing the update request details in a text file.
9. Send the email which will automatically be addressed to bundled.licences@ukho.gov.uk
10. Once you have received your update file – Do not open this file and ensure that it is marked
as unread.
11. From the Data Updating Wizard – Welcome
12. Select Apply updates you’ve already downloaded or received Select Next
13. Select Update from email Select Next
14. Data Updating Wizard – select email box will appear
15. Highlight your email and select Next
16. The update file will then automatically download – depending on the file size, this may take
some time!
17. When All done – Press Finish to close this Wizard

Updating by email from another PC

To update your ADP licence by email, please take the following steps:

1. Select Start > Programs > Admiralty Digital Publications > Data Updating Wizard
2. The Data Updating Wizard – Welcome window should be displayed
3. Select Obtain updates from the UKHO then Next
4. Although you do not have email on this PC you still need to select Send email to request
update then Next
5. The Data Updating Wizard – Area window should be displayed
6. Select the areas required. Note: the areas licenced should already be ‘ticked’ you can also
de-select if necessary
7. Select Next

You will be given 2 options to when you want to send the e-mail:

If you do not have email and the email needs to be sent from another PC
8. Select Store the request in a file and send later or to send from another PC then Next

9. Using the dropdown menu, browse to a suitable location (ie: A:/ for floppy disk)
10.Insert an appropriate file name and OK, Finish and OK to complete process. This file can be
transferred to a PC with email facilities.
11. From your PC with email facilities, create an email to bundled.licences@ukho.gov.uk with
UKHOBLUR in the Subject line and attach the saved file.
12. Send the email to finish the process.
13. Once you have received your email update file – save the attachment (ADPU Update.buf) file
to ie a floppy disk, to transfer to your other PC - Do Not open this file.
14. From the Data Updating Wizard – Welcome
15. Select Apply updates you’ve already downloaded or received Select Next
16. Select Update from file Select Next
17. Data Updating Wizard – select a file box will appear
18. Using the dropdown menu browse to file location (ie: A:/ for floppy disk)
19. Highlight the file ADP Update.buf and OK
20. Select Next
21. The update file will then automatically download – depending on the file size, this may take
some time!
22. When All done – Press Finish to close this Wizard

Update by CD

As some of the Update files can be very large, the easiest method is to use the weekly Update
CD as follows:

Insert the Update CD into your disc drive then select Start > Programs > Admiralty Digital
Publications > Data Updating Wizard
Select Apply updates you've already downloaded or received then Next
Select Update from CD
Using the dropdown menu select the source folder for the update. This will normally be your CD
drive e.g. D:\ then OK and Next
The data will then automatically download from the CD

To update from the Internet

1. Select Start > Programs > Admiralty Digital Publications > Data Updating Wizard
2. The Data Updating Wizard – Welcome window should be displayed
3. Select Obtain updates from the UKHO then Next
4. Select Update Automatically from the Internet then Next
5. The Data Updating Wizard – Area window should be displayed
6. Select the areas required. Note: the areas licensed should already be ‘ticked’ you can also
de-select if necessary
7. Select Next