1.2 HOW
TO INSTALL Z88 FOR WINDOWS 95 TO XP
Remark: We could of course
use the standard installation routines or ready-to-run installation tools for
Z88, but as there are no hidden .DLL files, no .INI files are to be modified and
no subdirectories are created, we leave it alone. You will see, Z88 installs
quite simply:
Windows
in five steps:
1st
step: Copy the Z88 files into a new or existing directory:
We assume that you have
copied the file Z88RUNE.EXE from the Z88 diskette or CD-ROM into a new
directory named Z88 on hard disk D: . If you have copied Z88 to C:\SOMEWHERE
then replace D:\Z88 in the following description against C:\SOMEWHERE. Now
launch Z88RUNE.EXE, e.g. by Start > Run oder from the "DOS
prompt". This uncompresses Z88. No other modifications are made and the
Windows system files are not modified.
Now you may delete
Z88RUNE.EXE to prohibit another start resulting in overwriting your own input
files.
2nd
step: Make Z88 ready to run:
Two different methods are
usual under Windows:
(1) Folder on the
desktop:
Define a new folder on the
desktop: Point to a free area on the desktop, press right mouse key, New
> Folder. Name the new folder e.g. Z88. Include at least Z88COM
into the new folder: Open folder by double click, File > New >
Shortcut. Enter: D:\Z88\Z88COM.EXE, Next > Z88COM and
Finish
With the same procedure you
can add the other Z88 modules (File > New > Shortcut): Z88F,
Z88I1, Z88I2, Z88D, Z88E, Z88G, Z88H, Z88X, Z88N, Z88V, Z88P. However, skip it,
if you want to launch the modules exclusively by the Z88 Commander Z88COM.
(2) Installation in
"Start":
Point at the Start
button, press right mouse button, select Open. Open folder programs
by double click. File > New > Shortcut, enter for command line:
D:\Z88\Z88COM.EXE, Next > , name the icon e.g. Z88, Finish.
You can also place a whole folder here.
3rd
step: Enter your favourite editor in Z88
You may produce all input
files either by a CAD program which can read and generate DXF files in
cooperation with the CAD converter Z88X or also write by editor since Z88
operates with ASCII files, however. An editor for looking at the Z88 results is
also very useful. So you should define it:
Suitable editors are under
Windows edit or editor from Start > Programs >
Accessories. However, you can also use old-fashioned DOS programs like WordStar
or the Norton Editor.
Assume you want to use edit
(included in Windows) as Z88 editor . Start Z88COM, File > Define Editor,
enter in textfield Editor Name any text, e.g. EDIT or TRUE-LIES. In
textfield Editor Call, if nes. Path enter the program name, here edit.
You want to work with Notepad: enter in textfield Editor Name any text,
e.g. MY-NOTEPAD, enter in textfield Editor Call, if nes. Path. the
program name notepad. Further example: Word for Windows. You must find
out where Word for Windows is located. Go ahead: Start > Find > Files
or Folders : winword.exe. Let's assume WinWord is located in
C:\MSOffice\Winword. Thus you could enter in Z88COM: Word4Windows and C:\MSOffice\Winword\winword
. Make sure when using Winword that you work and save in plain text mode!
4th
step: Add an Internet Browser for Z88's OnLine help:
Integrate your favourite
Internet Browser into Z88. This may be Mozilla, Mosaic or MS Internet
Explorer.
(1) the next step is very
important: Z88 must be able to start the Browser ! Either you must put it into
the PATH or enter the PATH in Z88COM or copy the whole Browser into the Z88
directory.
State at first where your
Internet-Browser is located. Use Start > Find > Files or Folders.
The Microsoft Internet-Explorer is called iexplore.exe, Mozilla is
called mozilla.exe. Note down the found path.
1st possibility: Type in path into the PATH
variable: Start > Settings > Control Panel > System > Advanced
> Environment. You should always do this if the path also includes
blanks.
Example: The
Internet-Explorer is located in Windows 2000: c:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer (with blanks between Program and Files and Internet and Explorer
!).
Do we assume your previous
PATH variable looks as follows:
D:\WATCOM\BINNT;D:\WATCOM\BINW;
With the Browser included PATH should look like:
D:\WATCOM\BINNT;D:\WATCOM\BINW; c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer;
Logoff and login again.
2nd possibility: Enter path in Z88COM directly:
Assume Mozilla is located in D:\MOZILLA\PROGRAM\. Start Z88COM, File >
Define Browser and enter in textfield Browser Call, if nes. Path:
D:\MOZILLA\PROGRAM\MOZILLA
Now for advanced users: The
Internet-Explorer is located in Windows 2000: c:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer. Because of the blanks between Program and Files and Internet and
Explorer you may proceed as follows: Start Z88COM, File > Define Browser
and enter in textfield Browser Call, if nes. Path:
c:\progra(tilde)1\intern(tilde)1\iexplore
This are the
"old" DOS names with a maximum of 8 letters without any blanks. How
do you get such old- fashioned DOS names? Try dir /X in a DOS windows (Command
Prompt). It works, really.
(2) Take into account that
most Internet-Browsers immediatelly try to contact the Internet. Now they are
to load a local HTML file. Thus, various file prefixes depending on the used
Browser must be fixed. For Mozilla the prefix is file:///Z88 path, e.g. file:///D:/Z88/
for Microsoft Internet Explorer the prefix is file:Z88 path, e.g. file:D:\Z88\
.
With above explanations and
assuming that you have copied all Z88 files to D:\Z88, the Browser definitions
in Z88COM would read:
Microsoft-
Internet Explorer: |
Mozilla
(also true for
Netscape): |
File
Prefix for Browser: file:d:\z88\ |
File
Prefix for Browser: file:///d:/z88/ |
Browser
Call, if nes. Path : c:\progra(tilde)1\intern(tilde)1\iexplore |
Browser
Call, if nes. Path: d:\progra(tilde)1\mozilla.org\Mozilla\Mozilla.exe |
5th
step: Launch Z88:
Z88 is ready to run. You
may fire away immediatelly by launching the Z88- commander Z88COM and using the
OnLine help system. Proceed with example 5.1.
Notes
for the Z88-Commander Z88COM
It starts all Z88 modules,
provided that you don't want to start them stand-alone (which is possible any
time and without any restrictions), permits the immediate editing of all input
and output files and calls the context sensitive online-help. So you launch the
online- help: Select in an arbitrary pulldown menu the point Help Mode.
The cursor changes to a question mark. If you click now on a menu item the menu
point is not executed but the associated help appears. The help mode keeps
active until you click on a menu item Help Mode again.
Furthermore, the
Z88-Commander Z88COM offers support for HP-GL files, such as generating header
sequences for HP plotters and HP LaserJets.
Z88COM files your entries
for the Internet-Browser and editor in a file Z88COM.CFG. If this file should
be destroyed accidentally, you can edit Z88COM.CFG by hand:
1st line: Editor name
2nd line: Editor call
3rd line: Browser prefix
4th line: Browser call
Example:
Word4Windows
C:\MSOffice\Winword\Winword
File:///D:/z88/
d:\progra(tilde)1\mozilla.org\Mozilla\Mozilla.exe
... And
how do you remove Z88 ?
Simply delete all files in
the directory containing Z88. Then delete the directory if necessary. You
should delete the links we made for Windows NT/95 in chapter 1.2. That's all !
And how
to compile Z88 for Windows?
Only if you want to add
improvements to Z88 you will need to compile the package. Every Windows C or
C++ compiler should work properly. I tried the free LCC and the compilers from
Microsoft (Visual C++), Borland (C++ Builder) and Watcom (C/C++ 10.6 and
OpenWatcom). Because every brand uses its own project management we can't use
ready- to- go makefiles. How do we proceed? I prepared for you a compiler
session for the iterations solver part 2 Z88I2 featuring the free LCC, but
Microsoft Visual C++, the Borland C++ Builder and the Watcom C/C++ compiler
sessions are very similar :
1. Launch a new project.
2. Be sure to choose a pure
Win32 application "without anything" . Don't use any application
skeleton neither any application wizzard nor generate a "Hallo
World" application.
3. Enter your favorite
directories and make sure to generate a Windows application not a Console
application.
4. Add the matching sources
to your project (ref. table below), i.e. the C- sources and the appropriate
Ressource file *.rc (in this case Z88I2.RC).
5. a most important step:
Adjust the compiler, the
linker and the ressource compiler: Tell your compiler system
Most of the compiler
malfunctions will result from wrong paths and missing defines!
You may leave the Debug
infomations off. Choose a soft to medium optimization level.
If in doubt skip
optimization if you don't know the details. If you have never heard about a Framepointer
or inline functions, Parameter passing by Stack or Parameter
passing by Memory and Aliases, then keep your hands off!
6. Don't forget to link
against the library comctl32.lib (Common Controll Library) ! It is part of
your compiler system and exists on your machine.
7. make project or rebuild
all
8.
Make sure to have the files Z88.DYN, Z88COM.CFG, Z88O.OGL and Z88P.COL
in the same directory were you did the compilation i.e. where your executables
are located. Otherwise, you don't need to wonder about fancy error massages.
And the proper input files should exist here, too.
Name |
Sources,
different for Windows & UNIX |
common Windows-
and UNIX Sources |
Defines |
Libraries for
Windows |
z88f |
z88f.c ale88f.c easyfont.c
tob88f.c wrim88f.c z88f.rc |
apla88.c
bapla88.c bcshe88.c bhexa88.c bhpla88.c blqua88.c bqshe88.c bspla88.c
bspur88.c btetr88.c choy88.c cshe88.c dyn88f.c hexa88.c hpla88.c isod88.c
lan88f.c lqua88.c m1.c m2.c prfl88.c qshe88.c ri188.c spla88.c spur88.c
tetr88.c wlog88f.c wria88f.c z88a.c z88b.c z88cc.c z88f.h |
FR_WIN95
FR_XDOUB (FR_XQUAD) |
comctl32.lib |
z88i1 |
z88i1.c ale88i.c
easyfont.c tob88i1.c wrim88i.c z88i1.rc |
dyn88i1.c
lan88i1.c ri188i.c w4y88i.c wlog88i1.c wria88i.c z88ai.c z88i.h |
FR_WIN95
FR_XDOUB (FR_XQUAD) |
comctl32.lib |
z88i2 |
z88i2.c ale88i.c
easyfont.c tob88i2.c wrim88i.c z88i2.rc |
apla88.c
bapla88.c bcshe88.c bhexa88.c bhpla88.c blqua88.c bqshe88.c bspla88.c
bspur88.c btetr88.c cshe88.c dyn88i2.c hexa88.c hpla88.c isod88.c jaco88.c lan88i2.c
lqua88.c m1.c m2.c prfl88.c qshe88.c r1y88i.c r4y88i.c spla88.c spur88.c
tetr88.c wlog88i2.c z88bi.c z88ci.c z88i.h |
FR_WIN95
FR_XDOUB (FR_XQUAD) |
comctl32.lib |
z88d |
z88d.c ale88d.c easyfont.c
tob88d.c wrim88d.c z88d.rc |
dyn88d.c
fuvs88.c lan88d.c m3.c m4.c riy88d.c sapl88.c scsh88.c shex88.c shpl88.c
siso88.c slqu88.c span88.c sqsh88.c sspl88.c sspu88.c stet88.c wlog88d.c
z88d.h |
FR_WIN95 FR_XDOUB
(FR_XQUAD) |
comctl32.lib |
z88e |
z88e.c ale88e.c easyfont.c
tob88e.c wrim88e.c z88e.rc |
apla88.c
cshe88.c dyn88e.c forc88.c hexa88.c hpla88.c isod88.c lan88e.c lqua88.c m1.c
m2.c qshe88.c riy88.c spla88.c spur88.c tetr88.c wlog88e.c z88e.h |
FR_WIN95
FR_XDOUB (FR_XQUAD) |
comctl32.lib |
z88n |
z88n.c ale88n.c easyfont.c tob88n.c wrim88n.c z88n.rc |
dyn88n.c join88.c lan88n.c mc188n.c mc288n.c mc388n.c mc488n.c
mc588n.c rni88.c subn88.c wlog88n.c z88n.h |
FR_WIN95 FR_XDOUB |
comctl32.lib |
z88v |
z88v.c ale88v.c g1i188.c
g1i388.c g1i488.c g2i188.c g3i188.c g4i188.c g5i188.c gxi288.c gxi588.c tob88v.c
z88v.rc |
dyn88v.c
lan88v.c wlog88v.c z88v.h |
FR_WIN95 FR_XDOUB |
comctl32.lib |
z88x |
z88x.c ale88x.c easyfont.c
tob88x.c wrim88x.c z88x.rc |
dyn88x.c
koi88x.c lan88x.c rea88x.c sub88x.c wlog88x.c wria88x.c z88fx.c z88tx.c
z88x.h |
FR_WIN95 FR_XDOUB |
comctl32.lib |
z88g |
z88g.c ale88g.c easyfont.c
tob88g.c wrim88g.c z88g.rc |
cosm88.c
dnas88.c nast88.c lan88g.c wlog88g.c z88g.h |
FR_WIN95 FR_XDOUB |
comctl32.lib |
z88h |
z88h.c ale88h.c easyfont.c
tob88h.c wrim88h.c z88h.rc |
lan88h.c
rdy88h.c wlog88h.c z88h.h |
FR_WIN95 FR_XDOUB |
comctl32.lib |
z88p |
z88p.c ale88p.c cb88p.c
easyfont.c m8.c rcol88.c tob88p.c vc88.c vgpc88.c
vgpp88.c vp88.c wlog88p.c z88p.rc |
dyn88p.c
lan88p.c m5.c m6.c m7.c pc88.c pgpc88.c pgpp88.c pp88.c z88p.h |
FR_WIN95 FR_XDOUB |
comctl32.lib |
z88o |
z88o.c ale88o.c cb88o.c
m11.c m13.c m14.c m15.c oglfont.c rogl88.c
tob88o.c wlog88o.c z88o.rc |
dyn88o.c
lan88o.c m9.c m10.c m12.c oc88.c z88o.h |
FR_WIN95 FR_XDOUB |
comctl32.lib opengl32. lib |
z88com |
z88com.c
ale88c.c cb88c.c easyfont.c tob88c.c z88com.rc |
lan88c.c
wlog88c.c z88c.h |
FR_WIN95 |
comctl32.lib |