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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.tar.gz">ftp://rrdjazz.nist.gov/bt1/gsas/expgui.exe</A>
25(~300 K bytes)
26[N.B. the .exe file is not yet available, use the .tar.gz file and uncompress
27with Winzip]
28</LI>
29</UL>
30You can put these .EXE files anywhere on your computer, but make a note of the
31locations for steps 2 and 4, below.
32
33<P><B>2. Run the programs</B>
34<UL>Use the file manager or Run command to succesively run, gsaskit_Jan98.exe,
35tcltk80p2+.exe, and expgui.exe (the order should not matter)
36
37This will cause the files to be unpacked. The default
38locations for installation are:
39<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;
40c:/gsas
41<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
42tcltk80p2+.exe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
43c:/tcl
44<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
45expgui.exe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
46c:/gsas/tcl
47
48<P>These files can be located on other disks and in directories with
49other names, but the expgui.exe files
50<I><U>must</U></I> be located in a subdirectory of the GSAS files.
51If these files will be located on a fileserver, the file server
52must be mapped to appear as a disk drive (must be assigned a name
53such as F:).
54</UL>
55<P><B>3. Create a shortcut:</B>
56<UL>
57<LI>
58On a blank part of the Windows desktop, click the <I><U>right</U></I> mouse
59button and then select NEW and then shortcut and click with the <I><U>left</U></I>
60mouse button.</LI>
61
62<LI>
63provide command</LI>
64
65<UL><TT>c:\tcl\bin\wish80.exe c:\gsas\tcl\expgui</TT></UL>
66</UL>
67
68<UL>(modify previous paths, if you have located the files in different places)</UL>
69
70<UL>
71<LI>
72click on NEXT with the <I><U>left</U></I> mouse button.</LI>
73
74<LI>
75Enter name EXPGUI</LI>
76
77<LI>
78click on FINISH with the <I><U>left</U></I> mouse button.</LI>
79</UL>
80
81<UL>You may want to modify the shortcut by modifying the properties to
82change the icon or the default properties.</UL>
83<B>4. Delete the downloaded .exe files to save space (optional)</B>
84
85<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gsaskit_Jan98.exe
86<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tcltk80p2+.exe
87<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; expgui.exe
88<BR>&nbsp;
89
90<P>More information about EXPGUI, including information on how it
91can be customized, can be found on web pages <A HREF="http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/~toby/expgui/expgui.html">expgui.html</A>
92and <A HREF="http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/~toby/expgui/expgui_cfg.html">expgui_cfg.html</A>,
93found in the \gsas\tcl\doc directory.
94<BR>&nbsp;
95<H2>
96Questions</H2>
971. Can I use a different version of Tcl/Tk than the one here?
98<UL>Yes -- but: you will need both Tcl/Tk and the Winexec package (see
99http://www.du.edu/~mschwart/tcl-tk.htm) for the GUI to work. Further,
100several utility routines (liveplot and widplt)
101require the BLT package to be properly configured as a loadable
102package to run. If you care what vintage of Tcl/Tk you are using, you are
103obviously a "power user" so take a look at the pkgIndex.tcl files and fix
104your version appropriately.
105<BR>&nbsp;</UL>
1062. Do I need to modify the PATH, etc in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file?
107<UL>Only if you will use the PC-GSAS or GSAS.BAT menu programs as well.
108If so, do the following (from the GSAS readme file):
109<BR>&nbsp;
110<UL><TT>5. Modify the PATH statement in your autoexec.bat file to add C:\GSAS\EXE
111to the path (or whatever disk letter you choose for \GSAS)</TT>
112
113<P><TT>6. Add the statement "SET GSAS=C:\GSAS" (again pick the appropriate
114drive letter) to your auto exec.bat file.</TT>
115
116<P><TT>7. Add the statement "SET PGPLOT_FONT=C:\GSAS\FONTS\GRFONT.DAT"</TT>
117
118<P><TT>8. Make sure you have sufficient environment space for these additions
119and two more that are done by gsas.bat each time you run gsas.</TT></UL>
120</UL>
1213. What versions of Windows can I use?
122<UL>This package has gotten some testing under Win95 and WinNT v4.0.
123My limited experience to Win98 seems to show that EXPGUI seems to
124run OK there.
125I would not expect this to run under Win32s on Win3.1.
126</UL>
127
128<H2>
129Acknowledgements</H2>
130The version of Tcl/Tk here was compiled by <A HREF="http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/tcl/index.html#tcltk-80p2-ming">Mumit
131Khan</A> and the Winexec package, which is needed to allow Tcl/Tk to run
132the GSAS DOS .exe files was created by <A HREF="http://www.du.edu/~mschwart/tcl-tk.htm">Michael
133I. Schwartz</A>.
134
135<P>
136<hr>
137GSAS is written by Allen C. Larson and Robert B. Von Dreele,  MS-H805,
138Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Problems, questions
139or kudos concerning GSAS should be sent to Robert B. Von Dreele at
140<A HREF="MAILTO:vondreele@lanl.gov">vondreele@lanl.gov</A>
141<P>GSAS is Copyright, 1984-1997, The Regents of the University of California.
142The GSAS software was produced under a U.S. Government contract (W-7405-ENG-36)
143by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the University
144of California for the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government is
145licensed to use, reproduce, and distribute this software. Permission is
146granted to the public to copy and use this software without charge, provided
147that this notice and any statement of authorship are reproduced on all
148copies. Neither the Government nor the University makes any warranty, express
149or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of this
150software.
151<P>EXPGUI is written by Brian H. Toby of the NIST Center for Neutron Research,
152<A HREF="MAILTO:Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV">Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV</A> 
153with help from Jonathan Wasserman.
154
155<P>EXPGUI is not subject to copyright. Have fun with it.
156
157<p>Neither the U.S. Government nor any author makes any warranty,
158expressed or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility
159for the use of this information or the software described
160here. Brand names cited here are used for
161identification purposes and do not consitute an endorsement by NIST.
162
163<p><a href="http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/~toby/">Brian Toby</a> (<a href="mailto:brian.toby@nist.gov">Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV</a>)
164<br>
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