Clinical Pharmacology 1.2 README
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1. Cleaning up old files
2. Installation
3. SHARE.EXE
4. Network Setup
5. Speed Tips


1. CLEANING UP OLD FILES
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If you have been running the program off of the CD-ROM, you can skip this
section.

Before installing the program, you can delete the picture files used by the
previous version if necessary.  They are stored in the CPWIN\DRUGPICS and
CPWIN\STRPICS directories.  To delete them, from a DOS prompt type:

(Substitute the name of your installation directory if it is different than
CPWIN)
 
DEL \CPWIN\DRUGPICS\*.PCX
DEL \CPWIN\STRPICS\*.BMP

If the previous picture files are not deleted, this will not
affect performance, but the files will take up space on your hard drive.


2. INSTALLATION
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Clinical Pharmacology comes on one of two media: diskettes or CD-ROM.  In 
either case, the installation is almost identical. The program is composed
of two parts: program files and data files.  The program files MUST be
installed on your computer, regardless of your configuration.  The data
files must be installed if you are installing from diskettes; otherwise,
their installation is optional.

During the installation process, the installation program first searches for
a previous version of Clinical Pharmacology.  If none is found, a default
installation directory is suggested.  If a previous version is found, the
directory of the previous version is displayed.  If you are updating, YOU
MUST INSTALL TO THE SAME DIRECTORY AS THE PREVIOUS VERSION.  If you do not,
you will be forced to register as a new user again.

Next, the installation program asks which sections to install.  The options
for the diskette version are: complete installation, program files, and
data files.  In most cases, diskette users should select complete
installation.  For the CD-ROM version, the options are: CD-ROM installation,
complete installation, and data files only. If you would like to run the
program from the CD-ROM, you should select CD-ROM installation.  If you
would like to run the program from the hard drive, select complete
installation.  If you pick the CD-ROM installation, you can run the setup
program again to install the data files to your hard drive, but you
must have your serial code handy.

Diskette Installation:

First, turn off any screen savers. Insert disk 1 into your drive.  From the
File menu in Program Manager, select "Run."  In the command line prompt,
type "A:\SETUP.EXE" (substituting the letter of your drive for A: if necessary.)
Follow the on-screen instructions, and insert the requested diskettes as prompted.

CD-ROM Installation:

First, turn off any screen savers. Insert the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
From the File menu in Program Manager, select "Run."  In the command line prompt,
type "D:\SETUP.EXE" (substituting the letter of your CD-ROM drive for D: if
necessary.)  Follow the on-screen instructions.

If you are installing Clinical Pharmacology for the first time, you must reboot
your computer before running the program.  When you run the program for the
first time, you will be asked either to register the program or asked for your
serial code.  If you enter your serial code, there will be a short delay while
some files are updated.


3. SHARE.EXE
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Clinical Pharmacology uses the Paradox database engine, which requires that
SHARE.EXE be loaded when you start your computer.  The installation program
places the line "C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE" into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, and this
should solve the problem.  However, if you have SHARE.EXE in a different
directory than C:\DOS, you must edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to change this
line.


4. Network Setup
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To use Clinical Pharmacology on a network, you must install the Program
files and Data files sections onto the server, and the Program files section
onto the client machines.  If a network drive is available to the client
machine that contains the directory "CPWIN" in the root directory, the
program should detect the data files on the server.  If this does not
happen, you can add a file to the client's Clinical Pharmacology program
directory named "PATHS.INI" which has the names of two paths.  The file
must have the following structure:

[Paths]
datapath=<path to a directory which contains the data files>
databasepath=<path to a directory in which database information is to be stored>

The program checks for the existence of this file before trying to search
for the data files.  If the paths in this file are valid, they are used.
If not, the program searches for the data files.  If the program must find 
the data files, this file is automatically created upon running the program.

The database files for the program are stored in a subdirectory of databasepath
called "DB."  The data files should be in three subdirectories of datapath,
called "DRUGDATA," "DRUGPICS," and "STRPICS." For example, if the data files
were installed in the CPWIN directory on a server machine, and the client 
machines see the server as D:, this file would appear as follows:

[Paths]
datapath=D:\CPWIN
databasepath=D:\CPWIN

If the data files were installed in the APPS\CPWIN directory on the server
machine, but the database files are stored in DATA\CPWIN on the server,
this file would appear as follows:

[Paths]
datapath=D:\APPS\CPWIN
databasepath=D:\DATA\CPWIN


5. Speed Tips
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For faster execution of the program, there are several alternatives.

1) Get more memory.  Clinical Pharmacology requires 4 MB of RAM, but it is
   faster with 8 MB or more.

2) Use a permanent swap file.  For information on doing this, see your
   Windows manual.

3) Put the data files onto your hard drive.  This is much faster than
   running off of the CD-ROM.

4) Use a 256-color display driver.  Drivers with >256 colors can slow down
   screen operations, and >256 colors is not necessary for Clinical
   Pharmacology.

5) Use SMARTDRV caching.  For information on doing this,  see your Windows
   or MS-DOS manual.
