ALOFT-FT® Readme


Licensing

ALOFT-FT® is a contribution of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.) and is not subject to copyright.

ALOFT-FT® may be freely distributed.

The runtime libraries distributed with the program are copyrighted and may be used without fees only in conjunction with this program.

As with any research product, it is recommended that the programs be used only by individuals who are knowledgeable concerning the assumptions and limitations. The National Institute of Standards and Technology makes no warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the software and documentation, including but not limited to the implied warranties of suitability and fitness for a particular purpose.

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and correctness of the programs and information.

We would appreciate your comments concerning the programs and their application.

Technical questions concerning the programs should be directed to the program authors. The general mailing address for the authors is, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg Maryland 20899, 301-975-6850.

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Version 3 Issue List

1) Summary graph text may overlap on some screens and printers

2) Map contours not implemented - longitude, latitude, and wind direction apply to map contours and are not used at this time

3) Version 3 data files are not compatible with Beta version data files.

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Revision History

Version 3.00

First General Release.

Version 3.01

Corrected problem with registering files on some systems.

Version 3.02

Corrected problems with input and graph profile under user specified profile on temperature screen.

Version 3.03

Corrected acceptable range check for wind deviations over water.
Added check to ensure multiple fires do not overlap.

Version 3.04

Updated help file.
Corrected problem with opening a new data file after a data file was opened.
Starting ALOFT-FT© version 3.

Version 3.05

Corrected VOC and sulfur dioxide reversal on Summary Graph - Combustion Products menu list.
Added file name, time and date to Input Summary.
Added stability class name to Wind, Category Chosen display
Corrected units display on Axis Range and View Plane forms
Corrected run-time error if wind speed was too large and user selected not to correct input.
Corrected range warning for fire area in sq ft and wind speed in mph

Version 3.10 April 2000

ALOFT-FT© Trademark now registered
Revised input format to be locale aware and accept other than US number formats.
Inputs formats auto adjust from fixed to scientific format based the on size of the number.
All files are saved in US format.
New version of complier with improved precision used which may result in slight differences in output.

New version of compiler and revised program resulted in changes in DLL files used by program.

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System Requirements

Windows95/98/NT4® required. Will not operate with Windows 3.X, Windows NT3.5®.

15 MB free disk space to download and install.

Pentium® or better processor recommended.

32 MB or more memory recommended.

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Installation Instructions

ATTENTION Microsoft Visual Basic Programmers. See Attention_Visual_Basic_Programmers for important information.

1. Remove any previous versions of ALOFT-FT using the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS in the Control Panel.

2. Install the program by using either the ADD/REMOVE PROGRAMS in the Control Panel or executing SETUP.EXE on the disk or in the directory that contains the program. This version will install only on Windows 95/98/NT4. The program will not install or operate under earlier versions of Windows such as Windows 3.1.

3. Start ALOFT-FT by double clicking the ALOFT-FT icon.

4. The ALOFT-FT splash screen will be displayed for 5 seconds before the main program screen is displayed. The splash screen may be canceled by clicking anywhere on the screen.

5. The main program screen contains a menu bar and three tabs for input data. Help on all items in the program can be found using the help menu item. The contents tab under help serves as the user's guide for the program.

6. See file README.TXT for additional information

7. See file Packlist.txt for a list of files installed by the program.

8. To remove ALOFT-FT use the uninstall icon or ADD/REMOVE Programs in the control panel.

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Attention Visual Basic Programmers

ATTENTION Microsoft Visual Basic® Programmers. Portions of ALOFT-FT are written in Microsoft Visual Basic 6. The program also uses a number of third party controls. The dynamic link library files for the program are installed in the windows system directory as recommended by Microsoft. If you have Microsoft Visual Basic installed on your computer, the versions of library files you have may be different than those required for ALOFT-FT. Some of these library files are not backwards compatible and may not correspond to the license files required for program development. These differences could cause either your Visual Basic programs or ALOFT-FT to fail. It is strongly recommended that you do not install ALOFT-FT on a computer where Visual Basic is being used for program development. If you try, be sure to backup your windows system directory first. The files installed by ALOFT-FT are listed below and may be useful in determining potential conflicts.

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ALOFT-FT Version 3.10 Files

Installed in the ALOFT-FT working directory

ALOFT-FT.EXE - ALOFT-FT program executable

ALOFT-FT.HLP - ALOFT-FT help file

ALOFT-FT.CNT - ALOFT-FT help fiel table of contents

FUELS.MDB - fuels database

FUEL.MDB - fuels database backup

README.TXT - Readme text file

READMEFT.HTM - Readme HTML file

STARTUP.TXT - Startup text file

PACKLIST.TXT - This file

ALOFTFSR.DLL - ALOFT-FT computational subroutine

 

Installed in the ALOFT-FT working directory by installation routine

 

_deisreg.isr

_isreg32.dll

aloft-ft.gid

delsl1.isu

Installed in the Windows system directory

MSVBVM60.DLL - Visual Basic Virtual Machine

STDOLE2.TLB - Microsoft OLE

OLEAUT32.DLL - Microsoft OLE

OLEPRO32.DLL - OLE property frame and standard type support

COMCAT.DLL - Microsoft component category manager library

ASYCFILT.DLL - Microsoft OLE

TABCTL32.OCX - OLE control

COMCT232.OCX - Windows common controls ActiveX

COMDLG32.OCX - Common dialog library

MSJET35.DLL - Microsoft Jet engine library

MSJTER35.DLL - Microsoft Jet database engine error dll

MSJINT35.DLL - Microsoft Jet database engine international

VBAJET32.DLL - Visual Basic of Applications

MSRD2X35.DLL - Microsoft Jet red ISAM

MSREPL35.DLL - Microsoft replication library

VB5DB.DLL - Visual Basic OLE database library

EXPSVR.DLL - Visual Basic for applications runtime

MFC40.DLL - Microsoft foundation class library

MFC42.DLL - Microsoft foundation class library

MSVCRT.DLL - Microsoft C runtine library

MSVCRT20.DLL - Microsoft C runtine library

MSVCRT40.DLL - Microsoft C runtine library

MSVCIRT.DLL - Microsoft C++ runtime library

MSRDO20.DLL - rdo engine control

RDOCUS.DLL - Microsoft RDO Client Cursor Library

VBAR332.DLL - Visual Basic for applications runtime

OLCH3X32.OCX - Olectra Chart controls version 6.02

OLCH2X32.OCX - Olectra Chart controls version 6.02

TDBG5.OCX - TrueDB Grid 5

Installed in the common files directory\Microsoft Shared\DAO

DAO350.DLL - Microsoft DAO object library
DAO2535.TLB - Microsoft DAO

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