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- INSTALLING ASTROSCAN V1.5 3/7/1998
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- Astroscan is intended to be used with Windows 95.
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- Astroscan installs automatically with the built-in
- setup wizard. The user has the option of making a
- copy of the Astroscan icon by dragging it from
- the folder to the desktop.
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- Astroscan can be installed in Windows 3.1 but
- the user will need to exit the program in order
- to print chartwheels. The applet WinGif must be
- run from the ascan15 folder/directory, and the
- wheel.gif (or pcx) file must be loaded by the
- user from File in WinGIf.
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- The main start-up executive file that runs Astroscan
- is ASCAN15.EXE
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- Astroscan should be installed in a directory/folder
- named ASCAN15 on path C:\ for best results.
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- INSTALLING IN WINDOWS 95
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- After unzipping ASCAN-15.ZIP the following 3 files
- should be extracted:
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- 1. ASCAN-15.EXE
- 2. FILE_ID.DIZ
- 3. ASCAN15.TXT
- 4. INSTALL.TXT
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- Use Run in the START menu of the Windows 95 Desktop
- and browse over to the folder where these files
- reside.
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- 1. Read text files 3 and 4.
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- 2. Select ASCAN-15.EXE and run it.
- This will start the setup wizard and extract all
- the Astroscan files into the \ASCAN15 folder.
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- 3. When done, double-click on the ASCAN15 icon
- to start Astroscan.
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- !!! VERY IMPORTANT !!!
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- Always, exit Astroscan with "Exit" in the Main menu or
- with the hot key "Q" in View All mode, otherwise
- all configurations during the session will be lost.
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- CREATING AN ASTROSCAN ICON ON THE DESKTOP:
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- Over the background of the Windows 95 Desktop,
- click the right mouse button, select "New",
- select "Shortcut", select Browse, double-click
- on folder ASCAN15, double-click on ASCAN15.
- Select "Change Icon" under "Program" Tab in the
- Properties section, browse to C:\ASCAN15 and
- select ASCAN15.ICO.
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- ...in Windows 3.1...
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- Select NEW in FILE of MENU in the Program Manager.
- Create a group for Astroscan.
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- Create an item using NEW ITEM. Type in the name
- "Ascan15" and the fill in the properties:
- Command path as C:\ASCAN15\ASCAN15.EXE, and the
- working directory path as C:\ASCAN15.
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- Change the icon with browse and select ASCAN15.ICO
- in C:\ASCAN15.
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