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This file contains release notes for version 0.9.5 of ascend4, |
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binary for Windows. |
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Topics- |
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0. Documentation for the ASCEND language and how to use it |
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1. Installing under Win32 (95, 98, ME, NT4, XP) |
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2. Installing under Windows 3.1.1 |
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3. Tcl/Tk used by ASCEND under Windows |
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4. Installing debugger version of ASCEND under Windows |
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5. Building ASCEND under Dev Studio from its sources |
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6. Modeling libraries from CMU |
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0. Documentation for the ASCEND language and how to use it. |
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Howtos for mathematical modeling are available from |
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http://ascend.cheme.cmu.edu/pdfhelp.htm. |
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Bibliography and online publications relating to ASCEND and |
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ASCEND applications are available from |
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http://ascend.cheme.cmu.edu/ascend_documentation.htm. |
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General information on ASCEND including free registration and |
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bug report/technical support information is available from |
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http://ascend.cheme.cmu.edu/Home.html |
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All information is available in Adobe PDF format. Some information |
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is available in alternate formats. |
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1. To install this software for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, or XP: |
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Unzip the distribution file. If your unzip program has an |
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option that turns folder information off and on, turn it ON. |
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ASCEND will not work without being arranged in its folders. |
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Find ascopt4.exe in new folder <INSTALL_DIR>\ascend4-0.9.5\ascend4\bin\, |
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then double-click to start ASCEND. |
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or |
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Right click the executable to create a shortcut and move the |
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shortcut to your desktop or menu folder. |
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Do NOT move the ascopt4.exe. It will not work except from |
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the bin directory. |
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The current release has only been tested on Windows XP. If you |
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encounter difficulties installing ASCEND, please let us know. |
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2. To install this software for Windows 3.1.1: |
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ASCEND may work if you have installed Win32s. |
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Verify that you have win32s and then follow the instructions for |
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installing under Win32. We have not tested this theory as we |
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have no obsolete Windows boxes available. |
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3. Tcl/Tk Notes: |
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This release of ASCEND relies on Tcl/Tk 8.0p2, the portable GUI |
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system from http://www.scriptics.com. The ASCEND IV zip file is |
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entirely self-contained. You do not need to install Tcl/Tk |
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separately. ASCEND will not interfere with any other Tcl/Tk |
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version you may have installed. |
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4. To install the debugger version of ASCEND under windows: |
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ASCEND IV is compiled with Mingw gcc 3.2.3 available from |
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http://www.mingw.org. The unoptimized executable file with |
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debugger symbols is available. |
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- Install the normal version of ASCEND IV. |
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- Obtain a4debug.zip from the same download area |
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where you obtained the normal version. |
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- Unzip a4debug.zip. |
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- Move ascend4.exe to <INSTALL_DIR>\ascend4-0.9.0/ascend4/bin. |
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It will be in the same location as ascopt4.exe. |
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- Run ascend4.exe just as you would ascopt.exe. |
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Otherwise, you'll have to build ASCEND yourself in debug mode. |
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5. Building ascend4 from the source distribution. |
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ASCEND IV is compiled from a single set of sources that |
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works under most known ANSI C/C++ compilers for UNIX/X11R6 |
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or Windows. It is in principle portable to Macintosh, |
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though this has not been done. |
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Building ASCEND under Linux or other UNIX is trivial |
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assuming you have matched ansi compliant C and F77 |
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compilers available. The configure and make programs |
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take care of nearly everything automagically. |
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Under Windows, life is not so simple. |
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Compiling the complete system requires a matched set of |
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C and FORTRAN compilers. Known combinations that work |
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include Mingw gcc/g77 and Visual C++/Digital FORTRAN. |
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The Open Watcom tools almost work, but lack a couple of |
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needed ieee math functions at this point. The standard |
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distribution is built using jam (ft variant preferred, |
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see http://freetype.sourceforge.net/jam) and Mingw. At |
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this point, it is necessary to manually set options in |
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<TOP>\jam\Jamrules_general. Then, run jam in each of the |
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jam subdirectories of base, blas, linpack, lsod, and |
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tcltk (last). A sporadically-maintained Visual Studio 7 |
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project set is also provided in the source distribution. |
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You're on your own for an alternate FORTRAN compiler. |
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6. Modeling libraries from CMU |
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A variety of libraries are included in the ascend4\models\ |
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directory. See ascend4\models\README.txt or README.html for |
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details. Additional contributed models may be available from the |
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ASCEND web sites above. |
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