Microsoft Fortran PowerStation Readme ===================================== Readme Location --------------Last minute information on Fortran PowerStation is included in books online,

which can be viewed from Microsoft Developer Studio. You must install Microsoft Developer Studio to view this information. Installation Problems --------------------There is no updated information about installing Fortran PowerStation. If you are having problems installing, follow these steps: 1. Open the Microsoft Technical Support help file (PSS.HLP). This file is located in the HELP directory if you are using a CD-ROM, or in the root directory of floppy disk 1 if you are using floppy disks. To open the file, use File Manager (Windows NT) or Windows Explorer (Windows 95) and double click PSS.HLP in the appropriate location. The help file should then appear. 2. Review Fortran PowerStation Frequently Asked Questions. The problem you are having may be explained by one of the question and answers. 3. If you are still having problems, contact Microsoft Technical Support using one of the methods discussed in the help file. DMF: Using Disks with Distribution Media Format (Floppy Version Only) --------------------------------------------------------------------If you have a copy of Fortran PowerStation on 3.5" floppy disks, then with the exception of the Setup disk (Disk 1), your Fortran PowerStation disks use a new format called DMF (Distribution Media Format). DMF increases the capacity of a 3.5-inch floppy disk, which reduces the number of disks needed to install your application and speeds up installation. Because DMF is a new format, many existing utilities such as Norton Disk Doctor, Microsoft ScanDisk, MS-DOS DiskCopy, and Microsoft Windows Copy Disk do not recognize DMF. You should NOT use disk utilities to examine a DMF formatted disk, as these utilities can corrupt the DMF disk. You cannot copy DMF formatted disks using MS-DOS DiskCopy or Microsoft Windows Copy Disk. If you want to copy files from the Setup disks, see "Extracting Files from DMF Disks," later in this file. Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5 (or later) support DMF. Extracting Files from DMF Disks: If you need to copy the Fortran PowerStation disks for permanent storage, you may use the copy switch (/C) with the EXTRACT.EXE utility on Disk 1 to copy the Fortran PowerStation installation files to the target location. For example, after creating a directory called C:\DISKS on your hard disk drive for the Fortran PowerStation files, copy all the files on Disk 1 to that directory. (Since Disk 1 does not use DMF, you can use

the standard MS-DOS Copy command, COPY A:\*.* C:\DISKS.) Switch to drive A and type the following command to copy the rest of the disks to the directory C:\DISKS: FOR %I IN (*.*) DO C:\DISKS\EXTRACT /C A:\%I C:\DISKS\%I A cabinet (.CAB) file includes many files stored as a single file. If you need only a single file that is contained in one of the cabinet files, you may search for it using the /D switch with EXTRACT.EXE. Once you find the file, you can use EXTRACT.EXE again to copy the file to the desired location. You can also type EXTRACT /? to get help on the EXTRACT command options. Here are some examples of how to use the EXTRACT command to find files. To list all files in a cabinet file: EXTRACT /D A:\<cabinet filename> To list all EXE files in a cabinet file: EXTRACT /D A:\<cabinet filename> *.EXE Here are some examples of how to use EXTRACT to copy a single file out of a cabinet file. To extract ANY.EXE to the current directory: EXTRACT A:\<cabinet filename> ANY.EXE To extract ANY.EXE to C:\FPS: EXTRACT A:\<cabinet filename> /L C:\FPS ANY.EXE