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• THE Sprinkler Program
• NFPA Fire Codes
• Gaseous Agent Calculation

THE Sprinkler Program

User Run Instructions

• Open an NT command window, type the command: THE
• If user wants a handy icon on the desktop for the program (which can be moved anywhere), type the command: THE ICON
• Default data directory is F:\. This can be changed in the set-up menu
• Never ever save files to T:\. This is a temporary directory and removed nightly

Permission requirements

• Directory must be r/w
• Most program and data files must be r/w

Observations

• Data files end in *.THE
• Under Setup, Config THE, you can set data directory.

Run Logic

The copy operation to T: will be somewhat slow (10 seconds or so) but only happens if it's not already there. T: is removed nightly so the delay will happen at max, once per day per user.

Install instructions

Launch Program

@echo off
g:
cd \dos\firetech\the
cls
if "%1" == "icon" goto icon
if "%1" == "ICON" goto icon
echo:
echo: Please wait, loading THE Sprinkler Program...
echo:
echo: WARNING: Never save files to T:, save to F:
echo:
if exist t:\the goto loaded
mkdir t:\the
copy *.* t:\the > nul
:loaded
t:
cd \the
if exist "%userprofile%\Application Data\the.cfg" goto goodcfg
goto runit
:goodcfg
copy "%userprofile%\Application Data\the.cfg" > nul
:runit
the13
copy the.cfg "%userprofile%\Application Data\the.cfg" > nul
goto exit
:icon
copy "THE Sprinkler Program.lnk" %userprofile%\desktop > nul
:exit
exit

NFPA Fire Codes

User Run Instructions

Observations

• Comes with CD-ROM and a floppy license disk
• Floppy is licensed for 20 copies
• Install from CD has network option, copies to server
• Must run ADDICON for each station. Adds some files to C:\. It does *NOT* add an icon (must be NT specific). (I'd rather not run ADDICON to each station. Must be a better way)
• Looks like it'll run with a command like:
  bviews -C x:\path\views.ini nfc.nfo
  where x:\path is path to views.ini file, current directory is where data is stashed.
• Install adds vshare.386 and ctlc3v2.dll into systemroot and then plugs it into win.ini. Isn't that support part of NT by default? Needed? Doesn't look like it.
• Whoopie doodie, it works with copying main stuff to server *AND* user stuff to server. Then just use -C arg to point to the views.ini file.
• I added an icon (.lnk file) to the nfcwin dir. It caused the program to fail. The copy protection (er, license protection) must be sensitive the the position of the files in the directory.
• License info kept in nfc.ldf file. Must be r/w. Directory can be r/o.

Install Instructions

1. Run setup from CD-ROM, point to directory on server, use Network Administrator install option
2. Run setup from license disk, point to same directory as above
3. Run ADDICON from directory above, point to DIFFERENT directory than above
4. Create batch file to run data. Assuming above is x:\path1 and x:\path2 respectively, it would look like
   cd x:\path1
bviews -c x:\path2\views.ini nfc.nfo
5. Can make batch file create helpful icon as well. However, don't add any files to the nfcwin (path1) directory.
6. The licensing diskette creates an nfc.ldf file that must be r/w. Chance for foul play, so create a copy of file as nfc.ldf.bak that can be restored if needed. This will also be useful in case of power failure or other action that might cause a license to be consumed and not returned.

Launch program

@echo off
g:
cd \apps\firetech\nfcwin
cls
if "%1" == "icon" goto icon
if "%1" == "ICON" goto icon
echo:
echo: Please wait, loading National Fire Codes...
echo:
start bviews -c g:\apps\firetech\nfcuser\views.ini nfc.nfo
goto exit
:icon
copy "..\nfcuser\National Fire Codes.lnk" %userprofile%\desktop > nul
:exit
exit

Upgrade instructions

When a new rev comes out, do the following:

• go to /dos/nt/apps/firetech and rename nfcwin and nfcuser to something else (as a backup in case something goes wrong).
• Install CD as above to nfcwin
• Install license diskette as above to nfcwin
• Run addicon in nfcwin and install to nfcuser
• change perms to public
• make backup of nfc.ldf file, then change nfc.ldf to world writable

Gaseous Agent Calculation

User Run Instructions

Observations

• Requires a dongle. I should refuse on principal.
• Installs an "NT HASP Device Driver" probably cause of the dongle. Device is named Haspnt and is installed to set to start "Automatic." (Driver starts from config.nt file)
• Program won't run. Fails with "FLOW caused an illegal instruction in module HASPMSW3.DLL at 0001:C36F"
• Even after giving my local account admin rights as a test, it still bombs out with same error as above, but at 0001:C3D9
• Oh boy, I then ran "Install Key Driver" and it says it installed the HASP driver. But then when I ran the main program, my entire NT session got a BSOD STOP error, PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA.

Install Instructions

Launch Program