Installing DialogBlocks

Windows

Just run the setup program in the DialogBlocks directory on the CD-ROM (or via the CD-ROM's HTML interface) and follow the prompts. Run DialogBlocks from its menu group or the desktop icon. To uninstall, use the Uninstall DialogBlocks icon in the DialogBlocks program group, or you can uninstall via the Control Panel.

Linux

Unarchive the tarred, gzipped file to a suitable location in your file system. A directory of the form DialogBlocks-x.xx (where x.xx is the version number) will be created.

Add the location to your PATH variable and run the dialogblocks command. You will need to set the environment variable DIALOGBLOCKSDIR so that DialogBlocks can find its data files.

For example:

 % cd ~ % tar xvfz DialogBlocks-1.90.tar.gz % export DIALOGBLOCKSDIR=`pwd`/DialogBlocks-1.90 % export PATH=$PATH:$DIALOGBLOCKSDIR % dialogblocks 

If you don't want to change your PATH, you could place a script in a location already on your path, such as /usr/local/bin. For example:

 #!/bin/sh # Invokes DialogBlocks export DIALOGBLOCKSDIR=/home/mydir/DialogBlocks-1.90 $DIALOGBLOCKSDIR/dialogblocks $* 

To uninstall, delete the DialogBlocks folder.

Mac OS X

Clicking on the dmg file will mount the virtual disk containing the DialogBlocks folder. To install, simply drag this folder to a suitable location on your hard disk. To uninstall, drag the folder to the trash can.

Upgrading DialogBlocks

You can get bug fixes for DialogBlocks Personal Edition simply by uninstalling DialogBlocks and reinstalling the latest download from the DialogBlocks web site. The registration information is not removed when uninstalling, so a newer version will still run in Personal Edition mode. You need to install from the CD-ROM and run DialogBlocks once to make sure the registration information is available for subsequent upgrades.