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WPlot Description and Installation Instructions
WPlot is a Windows program that plots two and three-dimensional data.
Up to 250 sets of data can be plotted on the same 2-Dimensional plot
using either one or two vertical axes. There can be up to 16000 data
points per data set. Each data set can be plotted as a line plot, a
smooth curve plot, a scatter plot, a step plot or a histogram. Multiple
data sets can also be plotted as a 3-Dimensional plot. The plot can
have linear or log axes with auto or manual scaling. Two-Dimensional
plots can also have cumulative normal probability axes, error bars and
descending as well as ascending axes. Data can be fit by a smooth curve
or a least squares polynomial or exponential. The Fast Fourier Transform
can be used to fit the data with a discrete Fourier series and the
magnitudes of the FFT coefficients can be plotted. Mathematical
transformations of the data can be performed by entering equations that
operate on one or more data sets. Functions can be evaluated and plotted.
The WPlot software comes with an auxiliary program, WFIT, which can fit
a nonlinear function to data and use WPlot to plot the fit. The WFIT
program was originally written for DOS. It was compiled as a Windows
program so that it could use the WPlot program to do the plotting but
it does not have a true Windows menu interface as does the WPlot program.
WPlot can be used to plot data collected, calculated, or processed by a
user written C or Visual Basic program. The WPlot software now comes
with a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) containing functions that the user's
program can call to start WPlot and send plot commands and data to WPlot.
The WPlot software consists of the following files:
WPLOT.DOC - This file.
WPLOT.EXE - The WPlot plotting program.
WPLOT.HLP - WPlot Help file.
WFIT.EXE - Program that finds a nonlinear curve fit.
*.PLT - Example plot files that can be loaded by WPlot.
*.FIT - Example curve fits that can be loaded by WFIT.
WPLOTCMD.DLL - DLL with functions for controlling WPlot.
WPLOTCMD.H - C header file describing interface to the DLL functions.
WPLOTCMD.LIB - Import library that can be linked with user's C program.
DLLDEMO.* - Example C program that controls WPlot.
VBDEMO.* - Example Visual Basic program that controls WPlot.
To install the WPlot software on a hard disk, make a directory that
will contain the software, C:\WPLOT for example. Then copy to this
directory all of the WPlot files listed above including the example
PLT and FIT files.
To install WPlot as a Windows icon:
1. Select a Windows group.
2. Select the Program Manager's "File" menu item.
3. Select the "New" sub-menu item.
4. Select the "Program Item" option.
5. Enter the following information:
Description: WPlot
Command Line: C:\WPLOT\WPLOT.EXE
Working Directory: C:\WPLOT
Follow a similar procedure to install the WFIT program.
To see a demo of the types of plots that WPlot can make, start WPlot
and select the menu item "File" then "Load Plot Command File" and
load the file DEMO.PLT. The file DEMO.PLT and all of the other
example PLT files must be in the working directory specified above.
You can also see the demo before installing WPlot as a Windows icon.
Use the DOS command CD to change the default directory to the directory
containing the WPlot program and example PLT files, for example:
CD \WPLOT
Then start Windows and the WPlot program:
win wplot demo
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WPLOT SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
The WPlot software is protected by copyright law; it is not public
domain. You are granted a limited license to use the WPlot software for
the purpose of evaluation of the software for a limited period not to
exceed 30 days. You are also granted a license to make and distribute
complete and unmodified copies for the purpose of evaluation of the
software by others. Permission is granted to distributors to charge a
reasonable media and handling fee for diskettes or other media containing
the WPlot software or for access to the software on bulletin boards or
FTP sites. Use of the WPlot software beyond a 30 day evaluation period
without payment of the $25.00 license fee is a copyright violation.
Payment of the $25.00 license fee entitles a single user to use the WPlot
software. "Single user" means that the software is to be used by only a
single individual but the software may be installed for that one
individual's use on multiple PCs (in the individual's office and home for
example) OR the software may be installed on a single PC and be used by
multiple individuals as long no two individuals can use the WPlot
software at the same time. Installation on multiple PCs or a network
server with simultaneous access by multiple individuals requires a
multi-user license.
The software is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind, either
expressed or implied.
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WPLOT VERSION NUMBER: 2.1.1
Send payment to: William G. Hood
711 Mitchell
Conway, Arkansas 72032 (USA)
[ ] Payment by check of _______ for a license for ____ users
of the WPLOT software @ $25.00 / user
[ ] Payment by check of _______ for a license for ____ (5 or more) users
of the WPLOT software @ $20.00 / user.
[ ] Payment by check of _______ for a license for ____ (10 or more) users
of the WPLOT software @ $15.00 / user.
[ ] Payment by check of $200.00 for a license for an unlimited number
of users of the WPLOT software (within a single organization).
[ ] Add $10 to the license payment to receive a floppy diskette containing
the latest version of the WPLOT software (version 2.1.1 or later).
Diskette drive: [ ] 5.25" (1.2M) [ ] 3.5" (720K or 1.44M)
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