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This implementation is a compiled, tested, ready-to-use version of the NAG C Library that is considered suitable for operation on the computer systems detailed below:
hardware: 32 bit Intel systems and compatible
operating system: Windows NT/2000/XP
C compiler: Borland C++ Builder 5 and 6
bcc32 Version 5.5 and 5.6
This implementation was produced at NAG Ltd., Oxford on the computing system detailed below:
hardware: Dell dual Pentium 3 workstation
operating system: Windows 2000
C compiler: Borland C++ Builder 5
bcc32 Version 5.5
compiler options: -tWM (-tWM- for nagcsml.lib) -ps -3 -a8
-tWM generate a 32-bit multi-threaded library
-tWM- generate a 32-bit single-threaded library
-ps use stdcall calling convention
-3 Generate 80386 protected-mode compatible instructions (default)
-a8 Data alignment on 8 byte boundary (default)
The entire NAG C Library, Mark 7, was compiled at optimization level -O2.
The NAG C Library, Mark 7, is provided in two versions.
|-- doc --|-- in.html
| |-- un.html
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|-- lib --|-- nagcsmt.lib
| |-- nagcsml.lib
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|-- include --|-- *.h
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| |-- source ---|-- *e.c
CLW3207DEL--|-- examples --|-- data -----|-- *e.d
| |-- results --|-- *e.r
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|-- batch ---|-- *
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|-- projects --|-- *
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|-- bin --|-- key_inst.exe
The following shows the directory/file organization of the PDF documentation materials as they will be installed.
manual--|- examples -|- vrb -|- *.txt (miscellaneous example files)
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|- html -|- mark7.html (main index)
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| |- libdoc.css (cascading style sheet)
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| |- genint -|- *.html (introductory material)
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| |- images -|- *.gif (NAG images)
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| | |- topbar -|- *.gif (C Library images)
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| |- indexes -|- gams -|- gams.html (main GAMS index)
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| | | |- *.html (GAMS files)
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| | |- kwic -|- kwic.html (main KWIC index)
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| | |- *.html (KWIC files)
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| |- [A00-X04] -|- *conts.html (chapter indexes)
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|- pdf -|- frontmatter -|- mark7.pdf (NAG copyright)
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|- genint -|- *.pdf (introductory material)
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|- indexes -|- *.pdf (index note)
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|- INUNs -|- *.pdf (implementation-specific note)
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|- [A00-X04] -|- *.pdf (chapter and routine files)
compiled libraries: 22.6 Mb include files: 1.1 Mb example program material: 8.8 Mb PDF documentation files: 86.9 Mb
The CD should autorun on Windows systems, and will then lead you to a dialogue for installation.
If the autorun facility does not operate, then double click on the setup.exe file on the CD using, Windows Explorer. Any continuing difficulties indicate a problem which should be reported to one of the NAG Response Centres (see Section 6).
The installation program will ask you for the drive and directory where you would like to install the library materials. You will also be asked which parts of the materials you want to install. The installation program may be used to install all of the materials from CD-ROM or just some part of it, for example the library documentation files.
The installation procedure will prompt you to type or "cut and paste" your license key. Should you subsequently require to install a new license key the program "bin/key_inst.exe" is supplied to do this.
An uninstall facility is provided from the Windows Control Panel "Add/Remove Programs" icon. This will remove the product from the user's disk. It will also undo the registry entries made during installation. The uninstaller will not remove files created since the installation was completed (although it will remove original files that have been modified), so the user may have to delete these files to complete the removal.
After installation you should ensure that the software requested is present by examining the target directory using Windows Explorer.
The batch file, nagex.bat, compiles, links and runs a NAG example program. The environment variable NAGCLWDE, used by nagex.bat, is set to the root directory of the NAG materials by the installation procedure. The results from running, e.g. c06eac are placed in file c06eace.res in the current folder.
The batch file should be made accessible to the user (for example, by copying the file to a directory in the user's path).
If you are compiling and linking from the command line, the location of the NAG include files and the NAG static library are defined in the files bcc32.cfg and tlink32.cfg. To use these they should be located in the directory where the compilation and linking are being done. If either the NAG C Library or the Borland C++ Compiler is installed other than in the default location, these configuration files should be modified appropriately.
A number of sample projects for Borland C++ Builder 5 is provided. The location of the NAG C Library and its include files may need to be altered if installation is not made to the default location. These projects can also be used from Borland C++ Builder 6 in which case they will automatically be converted.
You may wish to move the PDF documentation files to the same location as that for other NAG products. You are encouraged to make them readily available to users, but in such a way that they are not generally accessible from outside your site. Further information is contained in the readme file on the distribution medium.
If you do not already have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader for your platform, a free copy can be downloaded from http://www.adobe.com/. Please check this site for availability of a reader for your platform.
Please note that if you are using Adobe Acrobat 4.0 or earlier you might experience some problems when printing documents that contain non-standard characters, such as integral signs, square roots and large brackets. These characters will print correctly using Adobe Acrobat 5.0.
The HTML form of the Essential Introduction contains some mathematical characters that are displayed as question marks by releases of Netscape earlier than 6, but these are displayed correctly by Netscape 6 and Internet Explorer. They may also be viewed via the PDF.
If using Netscape, it might be necessary to re-install Acrobat to ensure that the Acrobat plug-in has been installed. If the plug-in has not been installed, Netscape may copy PDF files to a temporary directory, and then not be able to navigate from there.
The following material should also be made accessible to users:
documentation files:
The NAGdoc directory contains the online documentation.
compiled library:
nagcsmt.lib nagcsml.libInclude files:
include\*.hexample program material:
examples\source\*e.c examples\data\*e.d examples\results\*e.r batch\nagex.bat batch\bcc32.cfg batch\tlink32.cfg projects\*
Note that the example material has been adapted, if necessary, from that published in the NAG C Library Manual, so that programs are suitable for execution with this implementation with no further changes (but see Section 4.4 for comments about possible differences in results obtained). Making the example material directly available to users provides them with easily adaptable templates for their own problems.
The "example programs" for the functions in the f06 chapter are not typical example programs and they are not in the Library Manual. They are test programs, which are supplied to sites for use in an installation test of the Library. Some of them take much longer to run than other example programs. Routines which are equivalent to BLAS are tested twice: once when called by their NAG f06 names, and once when called by their BLAS names.
Online documentation is bundled with this implementation. Please see Section 4.2.
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