To install SEDNTERP and its associated databases:

The program and other files are supplied as a self-extracting 
archive program, SDTRyynn.EXE, where yy and nn are the year 
and sequence (to indicate the versions). The latest version is
SDTR0601.EXE

Executing the archive program will expand the compressed files 
into a temporary directory.  The archive program
then executes the SETUP program to copy the program and 
support files to the appropriate places.  At the conclusion
of SETUP the archive program will delete all the temporary 
files.

The SETUP program will ask if you want to create a Program
Manager group (a folder under Programs in the TaskBar) for 
SEDNTERP and/or create a SEDNTERP icon on the Desktop. 
If you prefer you can place the 
icon into any existing group/folder (such as that for the 
Beckman software).  

If you get an error message like "cannot copy file to 
c:\windows\setup1.exe" this means some other program has 
failed to clean up after it installed itself. Manually 
delete the file c:\windows\setup1.exe and then the 
installation should succeed.

If you are installing these files as an update to an earlier 
version, only the new/revised files will be installed.  
Also, your own default settings in the .ini files will be 
retained, unless the new version requires individual settings 
to be overwritten.  

When updates require modifications to the structure of the 
databases, these will be made automatically the first time 
that database is used after the new installation (and you will
see a message when this happens).  If the installation program 
finds an earlier version of the SEDNTERP database (experimental
data, sample and buffer compositions) or the PHYCONST database
(amino acid and conjugate data, buffer calculation coefficients),
the program asks whether you want to overwrite the older 
version.  Beta testers should be aware that earlier 
versions of the PHYCONST database contained errors in
the coefficients for calculating buffer densities and 
viscosities, and therefore they probably will want to 
overwrite the older version.

After the installation, you may delete SDTRyynn.EXE (but you 
may wish to retain a copy as a backup.)

When it finishes, the SETUP program renames itself to 
uninstal.exe, which is left in the installation directory so
that you may run it to remove this program.  

If you get a message "...\phyconst.mdb isn't a invalid path" 
when the program starts, use Notepad to manually edit the 
sednterp.ini file. The "database=" entry in the [directory] 
section must give the directory where the phyconst.mdb database 
is located (usually c:\sednterp).  The "databasename=" entry 
must give the name of the default experimental database (usually
sednterp.mdb), which must be in the same directory as 
phyconst.mdb.  Once the program is running, you may choose
to use a different experimental database (since you might
want to have different ones for different people), using
the "File...Open Different Experimental Database" menu 
choice.

If during installation you get a message that one of the 
.VBX files cannot be installed because it is in use, or if when
you start the program you get a message about one of the 
.VBX files being an older version, what this means is that 
an older version of that file exists on your computer, and 
that some program that is running is using that older version. 
The program that is using the older version is likely to be 
some program that is started automatically every time you 
start Windows, for example a utility that governs the settings 
of your video card (which commonly use an old version of 
SPIN.VBX or CSSPIN.VBX).  If that program prevents installation 
of the newer version, you will have to exit that program prior to 
installing this one.  If installation appears to proceed okay, 
but you get the message about an old version when you try to run 
this program, what that means is that the old .VBX version has 
been installed in some directory other than the Windows\System
directory (where such files are supposed to be placed).  In 
that case you need to use File Manager or Explorer to locate 
the older version of the file, and then delete the old version. 
These files are backward-compatible so the newer version should 
not create problems for whatever program installed the old 
version.

If the installation fails and you cannot get things to work, 
contact me directly.  E-mail is preferred, to jphilo@mailway.com.

Below is a list of the files installed and their
locations.  

(in the Windows \System directory)
	vbrun300.dll (Visual Basic 3.0 runtine library)
	qpro200.dll (QuickPak Pro VB extensions library)
	cmdialog.vbx (VB common dialog custom control)
	spin.vbx (spin button custom control)
	grid.vbx (VB grid custom control)
	threed.vbx (VB 3D button custom control)
	vbdb300.dll (VB database library)
	vsvbx.vbx (VB tabbed index custom control)
	msajt110.dll (Microsoft Access database engine library)
	msajt112.dll (Microsoft Access database engine library)
	msajt200.dll (Microsoft Access database engine library)

(in the Windows directory)
	sednterp.ini (stores program options, defaults)

(usually in \SEDNTERP directory)
	sednterp.exe (program)
	install.txt (these installation instructions)
	nllsqdll.dll (support dynamic link library)
	graphics.hlp (graphics features help file)
	phyconst.mdb (database for amino acid and conjugate data, etc.)
	sednterp.mdb (database for experimental data, sample & buffer compositions)
	sedupdat.mdb (database for updating other database structures)
	sednterp.hlp (program help file)
	bdnf.seq (example sequence data file)
	bdnf.smp (example composition data file)
	bsa.seq (example sequence data file)
	bsa.smp (example composition data file)
	pbs.buf (example buffer composition data file)
	uninstal.exe (uninstall program)
        sednterp.lst (list of things to be uninstalled)
	
	(After the program is run, you will also see files sendterp.ldb,
	phyconst.ldb, and sedupdat.ldb, which are temporary files created 
	by the database engine when the databases are used to store record 
	locking info.)


To UNINSTALL the program:

	SETUP builds a list of files and icons/groups it installs
	in a file called sednterp.lst, that it can then use to 
	perform the UNINSTALL operation. If you chose to create 
	Program Manager/TaskBar icons for SEDNTERP during installation, 
	then SETUP will also create an UNINSTALL icon in the same group,
	and you can uninstall by simply double-clicking this icon.  

	If there is no UNINSTALL icon you can (1) issue the command 
	'uninstal sednterp.lst' using the Program Manager/TaskBar 
	Run command, or (2) invoke uninstal.exe by double-clicking 
	the file in File Manager/Explorer.  With the latter option you 
	will be asked which program to uninstall (answer=sednterp).

	Since some of the Visual Basic related files may also be used by other programs, you
	will be cautioned about these before they are deleted.

	If the uninstall operation fails (e.g. if the file sednterp.lst is 
	absent or corrupted), you will have to manually delete 
	the files noted above.  However, you should probably NOT
	delete any of the files that were placed into the Windows/System
	directory, since these may be needed by other programs.


John Philo
Alliance Protein Laboratories, www.ap-lab.com
jphilo@mailway.com