MICRODEM
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MICRODEM is a microcomputer mapping program written by
Professor Peter Guth of the Naval Academy. The program requires a 32 bit version
of Windows such as XP and will run on 64 bit Windows in 32 bit mode.
The program is available in several ways:
- complete MICRODEM install (55
MB) which includes the large help file,
sample data files, and the installation of the Borland
Database Engine. We strive to make this version as bug
free as possible, but with the loss of the testing half of the development
team, we suspect that bugs will not be found as fast they have been in
the past.
- The best way to update the program is to use the
MD_UPDATE program in the same directory as the executable. This allows
you to get both the help file and the executable, and must be run when those
programs are not open.
- The current
MICRODEM executable
(6 MB) which requires a "recent" complete install which will be more current than the
version in the complete install.
Place this executable in
the MICRODEM directory (c:\program files\petmar_trilobites\microdemXXX); if it does not function
correctly or complains about missing DLL files, DBF
files, or other anomalies, you must do a complete install
because yours is not recent enough.
- The current
MICRODEM help file (35 MB).
This is a standard windows help file in CHM format. If you have problems opening this
in MICRODEM, open it from Windows and note the security settings which must
be configured for it to operate correctly. You can also right click on the
file and choose to unblock it.
- The military icons generator is available as a separate program (1.5 MB)
which allows you to create unit icons and paste them into
your favorite graphics program. It is included in
MICRODEM.
Executing the installation program will create
icons on the start menu and two directories:
- c:\microdem
- c:\MapData\ with subdirectories. While you
can put this on another drive, it must go into the root
directory of its drive.
The program will create a log of program
operations in the file 'microdem_debug_log.txt', in a
PetmarTrilobites subdirectory in the Windows temporary
directory; the easiest way to get the file is to to open
it from the Help menu while the program is still running.
You must copy this file immediately after encountering an
unexplained crash, because the file is overwritten every
time you run the program. Send the file to me and I can
better determine what caused the problem. The debug log
is not complete, and I may have to add additional
debugging messages to the program and have you repeat the
error and send a new log until we can isolate the
problem.
You can get the following data sets. You
can change the c: to the root directory of another drive if that
is the location of your mapdata folder, either during the
installation or by cutting the mapdata directory and moving it to
another drive.
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Last Update: 10/1/2008