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Axum 4.1 Release Notes
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**Using Axum and Mathcad Together

For information on using Axum within Mathcad to create graphs, see 
the topic Mathcad-Axum link under the Axum help menu.

**Network Installations 

If you are updating a network installation of Axum, you will need to 
rename the file TRIMETRX.INI to AXUM.INI at each individual workstation. 
If you don't, the previous path settings in TRIMETRX.INI will not be 
retained.

If you install the Mathcad-Axum link using a workstation installation, 
you need to start Axum once before the link will work from within Mathcad. 
If you don't you will get an error message saying that Mathcad cannot 
open Axum.

**Manually Adding SHARE to Your AUTOEXEC.BAT File

If you are running Windows for Workgroups 3.1x and have not installed 
VSHARE.386, you must have SHARE.EXE loaded in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file 
in order to run Axum for Windows. The setup program that you run to 
install Axum for Windows on your hard disk automatically checks and 
edits your AUTOEXEC.BAT file with this change and prompts you to 
restart your system.

If you need to make this change to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file manually, 
run a DOS file editor, such as EDIT.COM and load your AUTOEXEC.BAT 
file. Add the following line at the beginning (very first line):

	C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /F:2048 /L:500

You may need to change the DOS path preceding the SHARE.EXE. Don't forget 
the "/F:2048 /L:500" parameters. These are necessary.

If you will be saving graphs to another network system (such as a server), 
make sure that SHARE is installed on that system as well.

Note  If you are using Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Win95, WinNT or have 
installed VSHARE.386 (in conjuction with Microsoft Office), a form of 
SHARE is already loaded. DO NOT add SHARE.EXE to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 
Doing so may cause an error during the startup of Axum. The Axum setup 
program will automatically detect this and not install SHARE if any of 
the above conditions apply.

**Manual Network Workstation Installation

If you need to manually set up Axum 4.1 for Windows on a network 
server from a workstation, follow the steps outlined below. 

1	First, install Axum on your server system. This should be done 
at the server system, not remotely. Use the setup program by inserting 
Axum Disk 1 in your A or B drive and running SETUP.EXE. You may use any 
of the installation types (Complete, Custom, or Minimum). We recommend 
using Complete installation so that all components of Axum will be available 
to users on the server. 

2	Now prepare a working directory on the workstation. Make sure that you 
do not have an AXUM.INI file in your local workstation’s \WINDOWS program 
directory. If you are installing Axum on this workstation for the first 
time, you will not need to check this. If an AXUM.INI file is in the \WINDOWS 
directory, it will be used instead of creating one in the working directory 
when you start Axum across the network. This may cause Axum to be unable to 
locate default files and load help correctly. Remove any AXUM.INI file from 
the workstation’s \WINDOWS directory.

3	Create a working directory for Axum on this workstation. This is the 
directory where you will start Axum from and into which you will save files 
and default settings. We suggest C:\AXUMW.

4	Copy *.DFT files from the \AXUMW program directory on your server 
to this working directory on the workstation.

5	Set up a program manager group for the Axum you installed on the 
network server system. To do this, select New from the File menu in the 
Program Manager. Choose a new Program Group. When the Program Group Properties 
dialog comes up, type in the title of the group window you'd like to see for Axum. 

6	Now all you need to do is add icons for the Axum program located on 
the network server. To do this, select New from the File menu again. This 
time choose a new Program Item. Use the Browse button in the Program Item 
Properties dialog that comes up to locate the AXUM.EXE file on your server 
system. Use this path for the "command line" field.

7	For the "working directory" in this dialog, specify the path to the 
local working directory you just created in step 3 above.

8	Click OK in the Program Item Properties dialog box when you have 
located AXUM.EXE and specified a working directory.

9	You can also copy the program manager group file called AXUMFORW.GRP 
from the server system \WINDOWS directory into your workstation \WINDOWS 
directory. Then using the File/New menu option in the Program Manager to 
add a new program group window, you can specify this file when asked for 
the file name of the group to add. Now all you need to do is to change the 
drive letter in the paths for the Command Line and change the Working Directory 
to the local workstation directory you created in step 3 above. Do this for 
each of the icons in the group window.

10	Before running Axum for the first time on your workstation, make 
sure you have the following files in your Windows SYSTEM directory (for 
most this is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM):

	stdole.tlb
	ole2.reg
	ctl3d.dll
	ctl3dv2.dll
	ole2prox.dll
	threed.vbx
	ole2conv.dll
	ole2nls.dll
	ole2disp.dll
	compobj.dll
	mfcoleui.dll
	typelib.dll
	storage.dll
	ole2.dll

If you are missing any of these files, you should transfer them 
from your server's \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory (after you have exited Windows).

**Manually Setting up the QuickStart Tutorial to Run on a Workstation

You can run the Axum QuickStart Tutorial program from the server on your 
workstation. Follow the steps below to set this up on your workstation.

1	Make sure you have installed the tutorial and program files on 
the server system. We recommend using the COMPLETE install option on 
your server.

2	On your local workstation, create a directory where you wish to 
startup Axum from and into which you wish to save files and default 
settings. We suggest using the same directory as you did in STEP 2 
(Preparing a Working Directory on the Workstation) above (i.e. C:\AXUMW).

3	Make sure you have copied the *.DFT files from the \AXUMW 
program directory on your server to this local working directory.

4	Copy the WTUTOR.INI file from the \AXUMW\TUTOR directory on 
your server into this workstation working directory.

5	Using Windows NotePad or a similar text editor, open the WTUTOR.INI 
file you just copied on your workstation. Edit the line toward the beginning 
of this file that begins with "APPPATH=". This line tells the tutorial 
program where AXUM.EXE is installed on your system. Change the path following 
the "=" to where AXUM.EXE is installed on your server. For example, if Axum 
is installed on your server and this drive is J: and the directory is \AXUMW 
from your workstation, then the APPPATH line would read:

	APPPATH=J:\AXUMW

6	After making this change, save the file to your local working 
directory and exit NotePad or your editor.

7	You can follow STEP 3 (Setting up a Program Group on your 
Workstation) above to setup a Program Manager group window with icons 
for Axum and the QuickStart tutorial.

**DOS-based Installation

In case you experience problems with the Windows-based installation routine 
SETUP.EXE or you need to install Axum for Windows while Windows is not running, 
we have provided a DOS-based installation routine to decompress the files 
from the installation disks to your hard disk. YOU CANNOT USE DOS COPY TO 
TRANSFER THE FILES ON THE INSTALLATION DISKS. THESE FILES ARE COMPRESSED 
TO SAVE SPACE.

Follow the steps below to install Axum for Windows at the DOS prompt.

1	First, exit Windows. Do not just run a DOS prompt. Make sure you 
have completely exited from Windows.

2	Next, insert Installation Disk 1 into your A or B drive.

3	Type A: or B: to log into the drive you just inserted the disk into.

4	At the DOS prompt type:

	INSTALL [source drive] [destination drive] [destination dir] [windows dir]

where [source drive] is A: or B: depending on which drive you 
inserted Disk 1 into (don't forget the colon after the drive letter),  
[destination drive] is the drive you want to install Axum onto,  
[destination dir] is the directory on this drive where Axum program files 
are to be installed, and [windows dir] is the drive PLUS directory where 
your main Windows directory is located (i.e. where the file WIN.COM is 
located).

For example, you would type:

	INSTALL  A:  C:  \AXUMW  C:\WINDOWS

to install Axum from the A drive to the C drive in a directory 
called AXUMW and the Windows directory is in C:\WINDOWS on your hard disk.

**Installing the Equation Editor

If you didn't install the equation editor when you first installed 
Axum, you can install it at any time using the following instructions.

Note  It's a good idea to install the Equation Editor we provide 
with Axum in your \AXUMW directory. Doing so will prevent overwriting 
the Equation Editor you may already be using with Microsoft Office or 
other programs.

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On Windows 95
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1	Place the disk labeled Equation Editor in drive A or B.

2	Click the Start button, choose Run, and type a:install.

3	Follow the Install instructions on the screen.

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On Windows 3.1x, 3.11 or NT
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1	Place the disk labeled Equation Editor in drive A or B.

2	In the Program Manager, click Run (File Menu).

3	Type the location you're installing from, then type install 
(for example, type a:install or x:\axumw\install).

4	Click OK, then follow the Install instructions on the screen.
Complete installation instructions will appear on your screen. 


**Insert Picture Menu Option and the Create Overlay Command

The Insert Picture dialog now lets you insert a picture using a specified 
height and width. To do this:

1	From the Insert menu, choose Picture. Specify the name of the file 
to be inserted. 

2	From the Insert Picture dialog, choose the Position tab.

3	On the Position tab, set the Width and the Height to the desired 
sizes in document units (e.g. inches). If either value is set to 0 Axum 
will use the default width and height for the object itself (e.g. the 
default size of a bitmap).

4	Choose OK.

When you display the property dialog for the inserted picture, the default 
size of the picture is always displayed in the Original Width and Original 
Height fields. These fields are for information purposes; they are not editable. 
A Create Overlay command has been added to Axum 4.1 to allow you to insert 
pictures in Axum graph sheets via a script. This is the command equivalent 
of the Insert/Picture menu option. For example:

	Create Overlay 
	FileName=TEST.BMP
	SizeX=11 SizeY=8.5;

For a complete listing of the subcommands for Create Overlay, use the 
Insert/Picture option and display the history log.

**Update Option for Embedded Graph Objects

An update feature has been added to the Axum 4.1 File menu when  
Axum is used as an OLE server. This update option allows you to write 
changes that have been made to an OLE embedded Axum graph to the 
document in which it is embedded without leaving the current 
Axum session. 

When an embedded Axum graph is edited in Axum:

	*	the Update toolbar button replaces the Save button. 
		The Update button also updates the embedded graph in 
		the container document.

	*	the Save Copy As option on the File menu replaces Save.  
		This option allows you to save the embedded graph to a new 
		graph sheet file (*.AXG file).

**Creating Smith Charts in Mathcad

A delay may be observed when creating an Axum Smith Chart in Mathcad in 
which the cursor does not show the windows hour glass or Mathcad lightbulb 
to indicate processing.  The length of this delay will vary depending on the 
speed of your computer and occurs because of the complexity of the graph type.

**Creating Slides from your Axum Graphs

You can use the Edit/Copy option to copy your graph to the clipboard 
in Windows and then paste it into your presentation software for further 
enhancement. Then using the presentation software you can print to your 
slide maker. To do this:

1	Right-click the mouse outside the graph in the empty area 
	in the graph sheet window. 
	  You will see a popup menu with a copy option. 

2	Select this to copy your graph to the clipboard. 

3	Switch to your presentation program and select Paste from this 
	program’s Edit menu.

Alternatively, you can print to your slide maker directly from Axum. 
Just set your slide maker driver to be your current printer in the Control 
Panel or from Axum’s Print Setup dialog. Then print from Axum.
You can also send your Axum graph files (.AXG) to Help Screen Productions, 
a professional slide making service. 

	Help Screen Productions
	2628 5th Avenue North
	St. Petersburg, FL 33713
	(813) 321-4151
	(800) 741-4151
	FAX (813) 327-0970
	Contact: Michael Mott

This service provides rapid turnaround of your slides at reasonable prices.

**How Do I Contact MathSoft Technical Support?

MathSoft Technical Support offers technical support to registered users 
who have problems that they cannot resolve themselves.

In order to make your correspondence with MathSoft Technical Support easier 
please have your Axum serial number and the name of the registered user ready. 

(970)339-7119			Phone
(970)339-7022			FAX
(206)284-1801			Bulletin Board Service
support@mathsoft.com		e-mail
http://www.mathsoft.com		WWW
Go MathSoft			CompuServe
(617)621-1140			Automated Solution Center and Fax Back Option
