Program EDDYBL

D.3. INSTALLING SETEBL 397D .3Installing SETEBLTo use the supplied executable version of SETEBL on an IBM PC orcompatible microcomputer, including the default values specified for allinput-data parameters, simply copy the executable file to your workingdirectory. Otherwise, if you wish to change some of the default values, or ifyou are using a computer other than an IBM PC, the first step required toinstall Program SETEBL is to compile and link the program . The mainprogram is the file named setebl.for, and the various subroutines are listedin Section D.12 . All routines reference three include files, chars, comebland comeb2 . Section D .10 summarizes the commands required to compileand link Program SETEBL .The first step required to install SETEBL for your computeris to either copy the executable file to your workingdirectory or to compile and link Program SETEBL .In order to use Program SETEBL, you must first install it for yourparticular console . The program makes extensive use of reverse video, directcursor positioning, and some graphics characters . Since no uniformstandard exists for such console characteristics, the appropriate sequencesused by your console must be defined for Program SETEBL .D .3 .1Boot-Console InstallationIn order to install SETEBL on your main (or boot) console, you mustgenerate a binary data file named grafic.dat that contains all of the informationneeded by SETEBL . The source code for a program that generatesgrafic.dat customized for your console has been supplied as part of thissoftware package . The program is called INSTL, and the source is containedin instl.for . If you customize Program INSTL or if you are using acomputer other than an IBM PC, you must first compile and link ProgramINSTL . Then :The second step required to install SETEBL for yourconsole is to run Program INSTL .When you run Program INSTL, you will be given the option of specifyingwhether you want the default units to be English or SI . Make thechoice best suited to your needs . You will also have to specify the type ofcomputer you have and, in some cases, the type of console .When you have successfully run Program INSTL, the required binarydata file grafic.dat will be created and INSTL will print a message to that