Installation of Simfit Academic Version 8.0.8 (32-bit)

1) Default installation

This program will install the Academic Version which is self-contained
and requires no other libraries. Note that Simfit can be installed in any
folder as long as the name ends with ...\Simfit (e.g. C:\Simfit7\Simfit).
This program will create an installation tree below this as top level if
one does not exist.

2) Upgrading an existing version of Simfit

Simfit should preferably be un-installed before installing this version, but 
note that configuration, results, or data files are never over-written if you
un-install, then re-install into the same location. 

3) New Installations

The default installation is as follows:
C:\Program Files\Simfit       ... with 32 bit Windows, or
C:\Program Files (x86)\Simfit ... with 64 bit Windows.

Note that

SIMFIT MUST BE INSTALLED IN A FOLDER ENDING WITH ...\Simfit

otherwise the Simfit package will not function correctly.
After installation, you can make a desktop shortcut to the Simfit driver
program (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Simfit\bin\w_simfit.exe). 

4) Auxiliary paths

The installation will create a Simfit folder in your My Documents folder,
and all results and other auxiliary files will be created within this
so that no files will ever be created within the %PROGRAMFILES% tree,
which is a protected environment In Windows operating systems from Vista
onwards. 

5) Transforming the Academic version into a NAG library version

This should only be attempted if you have a valid copy of the NAG DLLs.
To reconfigure the Academic version in order to use the NAG library
DLLs, switch Simfit off then run the program change_simfit_version.exe.
To run change_simfit_version.exe you must first switch Simfit
off, then right click on change_simfit_version.exe in the actual 
C:\Program Files (x86)\Simfit\bin folder and choose ... Run as administrator. 

6) Miscellaneous

To adjust menus or plot sizes, correct paths, etc. press [Configure],
edit as required, then press [Check] then [Apply] to apply changes.

Windows users should install the GSview and Ghostscript packages. 
Linux users do not need these but must read the document linux.txt.

For the English version visit http://www.simfit.org.uk
For the Silverfrost mirror visit http://simfit.silverfrost.com
For the Spanish version visit http://simfit.usal.es
