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3   <TITLE>Windows Installation Notes for EXPGUI</TITLE>
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6<H1>
7<FONT SIZE=+2>Installation notes for GSAS with the EXPGUI GUI for Windows-95
8and -NT</FONT></H1>
9<FONT SIZE=+0>Note that this is experimental software and these instructions
10have gotten only minimal testing. Report problems to
11<A HREF="mailto:brian.toby@nist.gov">Brian Toby</A></FONT>
12
13<P><B>1. Download the following files:</B>
14<UL>
15<LI>
16<A HREF="ftp://rrdjazz.nist.gov/bt1/gsas/win/gsaskit_Jan98.exe">ftp://rrdjazz.nist.gov/bt1/gsas/win/gsaskit_Jan98.exe</A>
17(6093356 bytes)</LI>
18
19<LI>
20<A HREF="ftp://rrdjazz.nist.gov/bt1/gsas/win/tcltk80p2+.exe">ftp://rrdjazz.nist.gov/bt1/gsas/win/tcltk80p2+.exe</A>
21(3604992 bytes)</LI>
22
23<LI>
24<A HREF="ftp://rrdjazz.nist.gov/bt1/gsas/expgui.exe">ftp://rrdjazz.nist.gov/bt1/gsas/expgui.exe</A>
25(? bytes)</LI>
26</UL>
27You can put these .EXE files anywhere on your computer, but make a note of the
28locations for steps 2 and 4, below.
29
30<P><B>2. Run the programs</B>
31<UL>Use the file manager or Run command to succesively run, gsaskit_Jan98.exe,
32tcltk80p2+.exe, and expgui.exe (the order should not matter)
33
34This will cause the files to be unpacked. The default
35locations for installation are:
36<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gsaskit_Jan98.exe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
37c:/gsas
38<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
39tcltk80p2+.exe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
40c:/tcl
41<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
42expgui.exe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
43c:/gsas/tcl
44
45<P>These files can be located on other disks and in directories with
46other names, but the expgui.exe files
47<I><U>must</U></I> be located in a subdirectory of the GSAS files.
48If these files will be located on a fileserver, the file server
49must be mapped to appear as a disk drive (must be assigned a name
50such as F:).
51</UL>
52<P><B>3. Create a shortcut:</B>
53<UL>
54<LI>
55On a blank part of the Windows desktop, click the <I><U>right</U></I> mouse
56button and then select NEW and then shortcut and click with the <I><U>left</U></I>
57mouse button.</LI>
58
59<LI>
60provide command</LI>
61
62<UL><TT>c:\tcl\bin\wish80.exe c:\gsas\tcl\expgui</TT></UL>
63</UL>
64
65<UL>(modify previous paths, if you have located the files in different places)</UL>
66
67<UL>
68<LI>
69click on NEXT with the <I><U>left</U></I> mouse button.</LI>
70
71<LI>
72Enter name EXPGUI</LI>
73
74<LI>
75click on FINISH with the <I><U>left</U></I> mouse button.</LI>
76</UL>
77
78<UL>You may want to modify the shortcut by modifying the properties to
79change the icon or the default properties.</UL>
80<B>4. Delete the downloaded .exe files to save space (optional)</B>
81
82<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gsaskit_Jan98.exe
83<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tcltk80p2+.exe
84<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; expgui.exe
85<BR>&nbsp;
86
87<P>More information about EXPGUI, including information on how it
88can be customized, can be found on web pages <A HREF="http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/~toby/expgui.html">expgui.html</A>
89and <A HREF="http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/~toby/expgui_cfg.html">expgui_cfg.html</A>
90are found in the \gsas\tcl directory.
91<BR>&nbsp;
92<H2>
93Questions</H2>
941. Can I use a different version of Tcl/Tk than the one here?
95<UL>Yes -- but: you will need both Tcl/Tk and the Winexec package (see
96http://www.du.edu/~mschwart/tcl-tk.htm) for the GUI to work. Further,
97several utility routines (liveplot and widplt)
98require the BLT package to be properly configured as a loadable
99package to run. If you care what vintage of Tcl/Tk you are using, you are
100obviously a "power user" so take a look at the pkgIndex.tcl files and fix
101your version appropriately.
102<BR>&nbsp;</UL>
1032. Do I need to modify the PATH, etc in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file?
104<UL>Only if you will use the PC-GSAS or GSAS.BAT menu programs as well.
105If so, do the following (from the GSAS readme file):
106<BR>&nbsp;
107<UL><TT>5. Modify the PATH statement in your autoexec.bat file to add C:\GSAS\EXE
108to the path (or whatever disk letter you choose for \GSAS)</TT>
109
110<P><TT>6. Add the statement "SET GSAS=C:\GSAS" (again pick the appropriate
111drive letter) to your auto exec.bat file.</TT>
112
113<P><TT>7. Add the statement "SET PGPLOT_FONT=C:\GSAS\FONTS\GRFONT.DAT"</TT>
114
115<P><TT>8. Make sure you have sufficient environment space for these additions
116and two more that are done by gsas.bat each time you run gsas.</TT></UL>
117</UL>
1183. What versions of Windows can I use?
119<UL>This package has gotten some testing under Win95 and WinNT v4.0.
120My limited experience to Win98 seems to show that EXPGUI seems to
121run OK there.
122I would not expect this to run under Win32s on Win3.1.
123</UL>
124
125<H2>
126Acknowledgements</H2>
127The version of Tcl/Tk here was compiled by <A HREF="http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/tcl/index.html#tcltk-80p2-ming">Mumit
128Khan</A> and the Winexec package, which is needed to allow Tcl/Tk to run
129the GSAS DOS .exe files was created by <A HREF="http://www.du.edu/~mschwart/tcl-tk.htm">Michael
130I. Schwartz</A>.
131
132<P>
133<hr>
134GSAS is written by Allen C. Larson and Robert B. Von Dreele,  MS-H805,
135Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Problems, questions
136or kudos concerning GSAS should be sent to Robert B. Von Dreele at
137<A HREF="MAILTO:vondreele@lanl.gov">vondreele@lanl.gov</A>
138<P>GSAS is Copyright, 1984-1997, The Regents of the University of California.
139The GSAS software was produced under a U.S. Government contract (W-7405-ENG-36)
140by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the University
141of California for the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government is
142licensed to use, reproduce, and distribute this software. Permission is
143granted to the public to copy and use this software without charge, provided
144that this notice and any statement of authorship are reproduced on all
145copies. Neither the Government nor the University makes any warranty, express
146or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of this
147software.
148<P>EXPGUI is written by Brian H. Toby of the NIST Center for Neutron Research,
149<A HREF="MAILTO:Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV">Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV</A> 
150with help from Jonathan Wasserman.
151
152<P>EXPGUI is not subject to copyright. Have fun with it.
153
154<p>Neither the U.S. Government nor any author makes any warranty,
155expressed or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility
156for the use of this information or the software described
157here. Brand names cited here are used for
158identification purposes and do not consitute an endorsement by NIST.
159
160<p><a href="http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/~toby/">Brian Toby</a> (<a href="mailto:brian.toby@nist.gov">Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV</a>)
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