DIPS INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS---------------------------------------------Version 1.00 , September 2002

DIPS has been written for Windows 95/98/ NT/ 2000 ( windows ) Operating System.

The good thing about DIPS is that there is no installation required.Just unzip it and start running !!

Please Note :

DIPS needs VB6 Runtime files to run. There is a high chance that these files are already loaded by windows on your machine. So first try the running DIPS as explained in section 1 below and see if DIPS runs. If it does you do not need anything else. If however, when you try to run DIPS , you get an error like - "A Required .DLL file , MSVBVM60.DLL, was not found", you need to install vb6runtime files. This is a very simple two step process and is explained in the VB6 Runtime File Installation section below.

1. Installation Steps are :

(1) Click on the dipssoft.exe file ( press unzip). DIPS will be unzipped in a folder called DIPS on your windows Desktop.

(2) You are now ready to use DIPS. Just go inside the DIPS folder and click on the DIPS.EXE file and DIPS will start.

It is recommened that you create a shortcut on your desktop for DIPS.EXE. You can also move the DIPS folder to any other location on your disk and revise your shortcut to point to that location. The folder has just 3 files. For sizes of these files see section 3 below.

If you get an error like "A Required .DLL file , MSVBVM60.DLL, was not found" on clicking DIPS.EXE , you need to load runtime files . Please follow section 2 below.

2. VB6 Run Time File Installation Instructions----------------------------------------------

You need to install vb6 runtime file on your computer before you can run DIPS.

(1) The vbruntime file ( about 1 MB) is available on the internet freely. You can download this file from the following site:

http://www.5star-shareware.com/Utilities/Libraries/vb6-download.html

(2) After downloading , just click on the vbrun60.exe file and the vbfiles will be installed on your system. You will be asked to restart your computer - Say YES and RESTART.

The vbruntime files are installed and DIPS should start working now .

3 . Troubleshooting ----------------------

(a) The only problem you can face is that when you start dips by clicking on DIP

S.exe you get a message - "A Required .DLL file , MSVBVM60.DLL, was not found" . This means that the VBruntime files have not been installed on your computer. Please see the Essential Requirements Section above and you should have no problems.

(b) If you ever get a file not found error when you press help or exercises, this means that the dipshlp.txt file is not in the folder from where dips is running. The file will have to be replaced.

(c) I have checked DIPS.EXE for viruses to the best of my ability. The DIPS folder has just three files with the following sizes at the time of packing:

DIPS.EXE 1008 Kilobytes dipshlp.txt 112 Kilobytes Installation.txt 4 Kilobytes

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If you have any confusion or problems , just write to me at csr@iifm.org and I will try to sort them out. Thats all .Thanks .

Dr. Chinmaya S. Rathore Bhopal India September 2002