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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.zip">ftp://rrdjazz.nist.gov/bt1/gsas/expgui.zip</A>
25(~300 K bytes)
26[N.B. the .exe file is not yet available, use the .zip file and uncompress
27with a zip tool]
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[N.B. the expgui.exe file is not yet available, use the expgui.zip file
37and uncompress with a zip tool into c:/gsas/tcl]
38
39This will cause the files to be unpacked. The default
40locations for installation are:
41<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;
42c:/gsas
43<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
44tcltk80p2+.exe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
45c:/tcl
46<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
47expgui.exe&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
48c:/gsas/tcl
49
50<P>These files can be located on other disks and in directories with
51other names, but the expgui.exe files
52<I><U>must</U></I> be located in a subdirectory of the GSAS files.
53If these files will be located on a fileserver, the file server
54must be mapped to appear as a disk drive (must be assigned a name
55such as F:).
56</UL>
57<P><B>3. Create a shortcut:</B>
58<UL>
59<LI>
60On a blank part of the Windows desktop, click the <I><U>right</U></I> mouse
61button and then select NEW and then shortcut and click with the <I><U>left</U></I>
62mouse button.</LI>
63
64<LI>
65provide command</LI>
66
67<UL><TT>c:\tcl\bin\wish80.exe c:\gsas\tcl\expgui</TT></UL>
68</UL>
69
70<UL>(modify previous paths, if you have located the files in different places)</UL>
71
72<UL>
73<LI>
74click on NEXT with the <I><U>left</U></I> mouse button.</LI>
75
76<LI>
77Enter name EXPGUI</LI>
78
79<LI>
80click on FINISH with the <I><U>left</U></I> mouse button.</LI>
81</UL>
82
83<UL>You may want to modify the shortcut by modifying the properties to
84change the icon or the default properties.</UL>
85<B>4. Delete the downloaded .exe files to save space (optional)</B>
86
87<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gsaskit_Jan98.exe
88<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tcltk80p2+.exe
89<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; expgui.exe
90<BR>&nbsp;
91
92<P>More information about EXPGUI, including information on how it
93can be customized, can be found on web pages <A HREF="http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/~toby/expgui/expgui.html">expgui.html</A>
94and <A HREF="http://rrdjazz.nist.gov/~toby/expgui/expgui_cfg.html">expgui_cfg.html</A>,
95found in the \gsas\tcl\doc directory.
96<BR>&nbsp;
97<H2>
98Questions</H2>
991. Can I use a different version of Tcl/Tk than the one here?
100<UL>Yes -- but: you will need both Tcl/Tk and the Winexec package (see
101http://www.du.edu/~mschwart/tcl-tk.htm) for the GUI to work. Further,
102several utility routines (liveplot and widplt)
103require the BLT package to be properly configured as a loadable
104package to run. If you care what vintage of Tcl/Tk you are using, you are
105obviously a "power user" so take a look at the pkgIndex.tcl files and fix
106your version appropriately.
107<BR>&nbsp;</UL>
1082. Do I need to modify the PATH, etc in my AUTOEXEC.BAT file?
109<UL>Only if you will use the PC-GSAS or GSAS.BAT menu programs as well.
110If so, do the following (from the GSAS readme file):
111<BR>&nbsp;
112<UL><TT>5. Modify the PATH statement in your autoexec.bat file to add C:\GSAS\EXE
113to the path (or whatever disk letter you choose for \GSAS)</TT>
114
115<P><TT>6. Add the statement "SET GSAS=C:\GSAS" (again pick the appropriate
116drive letter) to your auto exec.bat file.</TT>
117
118<P><TT>7. Add the statement "SET PGPLOT_FONT=C:\GSAS\FONTS\GRFONT.DAT"</TT>
119
120<P><TT>8. Make sure you have sufficient environment space for these additions
121and two more that are done by gsas.bat each time you run gsas.</TT></UL>
122</UL>
1233. What versions of Windows can I use?
124<UL>This package has gotten some testing under Win95 and WinNT v4.0.
125My limited experience to Win98 seems to show that EXPGUI seems to
126run OK there.
127I would not expect this to run under Win32s on Win3.1.
128</UL>
129
130<H2>
131Acknowledgements</H2>
132The version of Tcl/Tk here was compiled by <A HREF="http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/tcl/index.html#tcltk-80p2-ming">Mumit
133Khan</A> and the Winexec package, which is needed to allow Tcl/Tk to run
134the GSAS DOS .exe files was created by <A HREF="http://www.du.edu/~mschwart/tcl-tk.htm">Michael
135I. Schwartz</A>.
136
137<P>
138<hr>
139GSAS is written by Allen C. Larson and Robert B. Von Dreele,  MS-H805,
140Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Problems, questions
141or kudos concerning GSAS should be sent to Robert B. Von Dreele at
142<A HREF="MAILTO:vondreele@lanl.gov">vondreele@lanl.gov</A>
143<P>GSAS is Copyright, 1984-1997, The Regents of the University of California.
144The GSAS software was produced under a U.S. Government contract (W-7405-ENG-36)
145by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is operated by the University
146of California for the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government is
147licensed to use, reproduce, and distribute this software. Permission is
148granted to the public to copy and use this software without charge, provided
149that this notice and any statement of authorship are reproduced on all
150copies. Neither the Government nor the University makes any warranty, express
151or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility for the use of this
152software.
153<P>EXPGUI is written by Brian H. Toby of the NIST Center for Neutron Research,
154<A HREF="MAILTO:Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV">Brian.Toby@NIST.GOV</A> 
155with help from Jonathan Wasserman.
156
157<P>EXPGUI is not subject to copyright. Have fun with it.
158
159<p>Neither the U.S. Government nor any author makes any warranty,
160expressed or implied, or assumes any liability or responsibility
161for the use of this information or the software described
162here. Brand names cited here are used for
163identification purposes and do not consitute an endorsement by NIST.
164
165<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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