MPL for Windows Manual

2.2 Installing MPL for Windows

Before you install MPL, to protect your software from loss, please copy all the files on the distribution disk onto a backup and put it in a safe place.

To install MPL for Windows place the first MPL installation disk in drive A:. From Start menu choose the Run command. Type a:\setup and click OK. The installation program will ask a number of simple questions such as where to install the software and then copy the files to the hard disk on your machine. It will create entries for MPL in the Start menu.

The files on the distribution diskette for MPL are copied to the hard disk as follows:

Mplwin4 directory:

   
   Mplwin42.exe   Contains the MPL for windows application.
   Mplwin42.hlp   On-line help file for MPL.
   Mplwin42.cnt   Contents file for the on-line help.
   Mplwhat.hlp    Context sensitive help file for MPL.
   *.mpl          Contains sample input files, with full formulations of
                  various LP problems.  These files tell you how to use many 
                  of the MPL features.
   *.dat          Contains the data files that accompany the sample model 
                  files.
   Mplwin42.ini   Initialization file for mplwin that stores the current 
                  setup.
   *.opt          Option files for some of the solvers supported by MPL.
   Tutorial       Directory containing sample models for the on-line tutorial.

Windows directory:

   Mpl*.pif       PIF files for running solvers in a DOS window.
   Mpl*.bat       Batch files for running solvers in a DOS window.