INSTALL AND START-UP OF MULTIPLASMA / UNINSTALL AND UPDATING

To install the programs on your hard disk:

  1) Download "MULTIPLASMA_setup.exe" from the F6CTE WEB site
     (http://f6cte.free.fr/multiplasma_english.htm). The links are: 
        * "To download the last version of Multiplasma, click here" or 
        * "Download Here".
     Afterwards click on "Run" (or "Execute") (rather that to store it).
  
  ATTENTION: the Windows firewall perhaps will block this file. You will have 
  to unblock it.

  2) During the execution:

     * the setup program (based on a "Inno Setup" script) will ask to confirm 
       the detected language ("English"). The other proposed language is French,

     * by default, the user will confirm the proposed options,
       Note: your configuration files will not be modified, because they will be
       automatically created, only in case of absence. 

     * if the installation directory yet exists, the setup program could ask 
       confirmation of this directory. You will answer "Yes", except for a 
       particular user need.
       Note: if you are installing the program for the first time, confirm 
       "C:\MULTIPLASMA". If you are updating any previous version, give the yet
       used directory name.

A link on MULTIPLASMA will be automatically created on the desktop
as well as a "Multiplasma" group in the <Start> <All the programs> menu.

Start the MULTIPLASMA program either with the "MULTIPLASMA" link or from the 
<Start> <All the programs> menu. The configuration window opens first. You must
click the "Graph" button to access the main screen.

The help file can be started from MULTIPLASMA or by double-clicking on the 
"Help_MULTIPLASMA.htm" file.

Hints: many buttons have a hint which is obtained by remaining a fraction of 
second with the mouse pointed on the button.

Multiplasma is designed for a Windows system.

INSTALL SEVERAL MULTIPLASMA DIRECTORIES TO START SEVERAL MULTIPLASMA OCCURENCES
MultiPlasma does not modify the Windows registers base (only the installer
modifies the Windows registers base), so the initial installation directory
(C:\Multiplasma normally) can be copied and manually installed (with Windows 
Explorer) on several other directories.
Hence, several Multiplasma occurences, with different configurations, can be
started. It can be expected that the maximum number of occurences must depend 
on the PC memory usage.


MULTIPLASMA UNINSTALL
The Multiplasma program can be uninstalled by selecting the "Programs and 
Features" window from the Windows "Control Panel": 
Open Start -> Control Panel -> Programs And Features
Select the last version of Multiplasma on the list and uninstall it.
Important: the uninstall will not delete the Multiplasma directory or the files
created by Multiplasma and representing your own configuration. 
So a new install in the same directory will not be a problem.


INSTALL OF A NEW VERSION OF MULTIPLASMA (UPDATING)
Let's suppose that the Multiplasma program be installed on the directory 
"C:\Multiplasma" (by default), it will be enough to uninstall the previous
Multiplasma version as indicated above and then to install the new version in
the same directory ("C:\Multiplasma").

Note: if you are cautious or afraid to lose your configuration files 
("in case of..."), it would be a good idea to back up (by copy/paste) the 
"C:\Multiplasma" directory somewhere in your hard disk, after the previous 
version uninstall but before the new version install. 


RECOMMENDATIONS:
This program and all additional files may be freely copied and distributed,
but in unmodified state.
This program can be used for non-commercial purposes only.
This program can’t be neither modified nor adapted or integrated in
other products.