Isotope Explorer user's manual

Transfer and installation

Isotopes Project, Berkeley Lab

http://isotopes.lbl.gov/isotopes/install.html

Lund Nuclear Data Service, Sweden

http://www.fysik.lu.se/nucleardata/isoexpl/isoexpl.htm

Follow the installation instructions on the download page carefully. Since the program is a 32 bit application, you may also need to download and install the WIN32S extension if you run Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11. It should, however, be pointed out that the program is much more stable under Windows 95 and Windows NT, since these operating systems are very much superior to the older versions of Windows.

In addition, Isotope Explorer needs the Borland DLL library (BWCC32.DLL) which is also available at these sites. BWCC32.DLL should be stored in the same directory as Isotope Explorer.

Data transfer via the Internet

Nuclear data

1. Check that the network is operational (e.g. run Netscape Navigator)
2. Make sure that Configuration, Nuclear data source, Internet database is selected
3. Select File, Select Nucleus
4. The program will now automatically transfer the nuclide index file CATALOG0.LOG, and you should be able to transfer data for any nucleus

Authors search in NSR

1. Check that the network is operational (e.g. run Netscape Navigator)
2. Make sure that Configuration, Reference data source, Internet database is selected
3. Select File, Get Reference
4. Click the Author button
5. The program will now automatically transfer the authors list file AUTHORS0.LIS (approximately 700 kbyte)
6. When AUTHORS0.LIS has been transferred, the program automatically builds the authors index file AUTHORS0.DIC

Note!
In order to make sure that you always have up-to-date index files, you should periodically delete the files CATALOG0.LOG, AUTHORS0.LIS and AUTHORS0.DIC, and reinstall them with the procedure described in this section.

Local database

Nuclear data

1. Select Configuration, Nuclear data source, Local database
2. The program will now ask for the location of the nuclide index file CATALOG.LOG. On the TOI CD-ROM this file is in the PCENSDF directory. Localize the file and select Open

Authors search in NSR

1. Select Configuration, Reference data source, Local database
2. The program will now ask for the location of the authors list file AUTHORS.LIS. On the TOI CD-ROM this file is in the NSR directory. Localize the file and select Open

Helper application for a Web browser

Isotope Explorer files

Program directory, \ISOEXPL\

AUTHORS0.LIS

Authors list for the NSR (downloaded via HTTP if needed)

AUTHORS0.DIC

Author index for the NSR (created when AUTHORS0.LIS has been transferred)

BWCC32.DLL

Borland resource library (from installation)

CATALOG0.LOG

Index file for the Isotopes Project ENSDF databases (downloaded via HTTP if needed)

LOG.

Log file (for debugging). Created if debug mode is on

TESTDATA.ENX

Test data sets (from installation)

ISOEXPL.EXE

Isotope Explorer program (from installation)

ISOEXPL.HLP

Isotope Explorer Help function (from installation)

ISOEXPL.INI

Configuration file for Isotope Explorer (created the first time the program is run)

WSERRORS.TXT

Network error messages

Download directory, \ISOEXPL\DATA\

Downloaded ENSDF data files

ENSDF data directory (on TOI CD ROM or hard disk)

CATALOG.LOG

Index file for the Isotopes Project databases

ENSDF files in different folders

NSR directory (on TOI CD ROM or hard disk)

AUTHORS.LIS

Authors list for the NSR

AUTHORS.DIC

Author index for the NSR

For each year 19YY:

NSRYY.REF

References

NSRYY.DIC

Index

Registration

Note!
The free license of use is only granted to registered users.

Comments to: F Chu (program), P Ekström (manual)

All contents copyright © 1996, Isotopes Project, Berkeley Lab. All rights reserved.
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