Nova Scotia Mineral Occurance Ouery Program

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Format

Downloading Instructions

To download and install the Mineral Occurrence Query Program:

1. Create a subdirectory on your c:\ drive called "moqp." This will be a temporary area for extracting and installing the program.
   
2. Download the dp001a_moqp21.exe program to c:\moqp.
   
3. Double-click on c:\moqp\dp001a_moqp21.exe or RUN the c:\moqp\dp001a_moqp21.exe program. This will extract all the files and the setup.exe program required to install the query program.
   
4. Double-click or RUN c:\moqp\setup.exe to start the installation.
5. The setup program will prompt you for the installation directory. We strongly recommend that you select the default c:\metallic by clicking Continue. If you do change the drive, the directory name CAN NOT be changed and MUST BE NAMED METALLIC.
6. A program Icon labelled Mineral Occurrence Database will be created in the Main Windows Group of your Program Manager for Windows 3.1 machines. For Windows 95 and Windows NT machines, a Main Folder will be created with the icon installed in it. If you wish to move the Mineral Occurrence Database icon to another Windows Group, feel free to do so; simply grab the icon with the mouse and drag it to the Windows Group of your choice.

The User's Manual for the Mineral Occurrence Query Program is included with the program and can be found under c:\moqp\manual.wpd. It is a WordPerfect 6.1 document. You may also download the manual separately now (dp001a_manual.wpd).

After the program is installed you can get rid of the c:\moqp directory, but if you want to keep the User's Manual (c:\moqp\manual.wpd) move it somewhere else.

Note: Some users of Version 2 of the Query Program have reported they receive a "Divide by Zero" error message on startup after which the program terminates and will not run. This is referred to as a "fast computer error" and is the result the inability of FoxPro Version 2.6a, the software from which the Query Program was developed, being unable to run on some modern computers (computers with processors above 333 MHz). A patch provided by Microsoft Corporation has been applied to the Mineral Occurrence Query Program and this forms the basis for the upgrade to Version 2.1. No other changes have been made and Version 2.1 operates in the same way as Version 2. Users of Version 2 of the Query Program who are not experiencing the startup error need not replace it with Version 2.1.

Note: In some test installations, a System Error … "Can Not Read Drive _ " will come up, just hit "Cancel".

Note: If a message regarding a change to the config.sys file comes up, just hit "OK".

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