With Windows95 release 1 MIDAS may not start in this manner the first timeĪfter a reboot. If the appropiate application package has been downloaded (see later). Note that applications will only be available Select the application you require from the menu. The default MIDAS session will now start and you can Using Windows Explorer locate the bin_Win directory within the directory MIDAS (or MIDAS_base_xxxxxx)Īnd double click on the file wish85.exe. (Ie c:\Program Files\MIDAS is NOT acceptable).
You can install MIDAS in any location you choose EXCEPT that the path MUST NOT contain an embedded space.
It may be convenient if the directory MIDAS_base_xxxxxx is renamed as All binaries (.exe files) and all libraries (.dll files) are in the bin_Win directoryĪnd can be used directly from there. There is no need to copy libraries (.dll files) into This is all the installation that is necessary. You will create the directory bin_Win within the selected directory. Supply the name of the directory MIDAS_base_xxxxxx created above as the extract to Uncompress and extract the file MIDAS_bin_Win_ using WinZip. The program distribution file with ID 100412 6.2 Mbytes The directory and file names which will be created are all unique.
You are installing the software on a central server you can install as many programĭistributions as you wish.
The next step is to download the program distribution specific to Windows.
You should also enable the option Use directory names. Having fetched this file you should uncompress and extract the files using WinZip (orĪ directory MIDAS_base_xxxxxx will be created in the directory supplied to The base distribution file with ID 100412 6.0 Mbytes In the directories may cause incorrect functioning of the In some cases the presence of obsolete versions of files Release into the old directory structure. Installation and DELETE all the old installation. You should switch to running from the new Only when you are happy with the new release should The installation procedure has been designed to encourage a STRONGLY recommended that you DO NOT install a new release over your existing NOTE - If you already are running the MIDAS package then it is The Firefox browser does not make this error. In this case you should "save as" (or rename) using tar.gz otherwise WinZip will generate an error.
Internet Explorer has been seen to change this to tar.tar. Note that the files mostly have a prefix tar.gz. (in plain binary) in case you do not already have it. You can download a copy of the WinZip utility The Windows program WinZip understands this and canīe used to uncompress and unpack the tar archive. The distribution files have been made using the UNIX tar utility andĬompressed with the UNIX gzip utility. Platforms you only require to download the base distribution files once. Of the software for different hardware or software The files in the base distribution are all platform independant. Where xxxxxx is the date of the distribution in the form The base distribution files have a name of the form MIDAS_base_ The latest MIDAS release was issued on April 10 2012Īs from Jrelease MIDAS uses TclTk version 8.5.7 Installation of the MIDAS base distribution for Windows