Installation

System requirements

To use L-studio you need:

A PC running Windows 95/NT v.4 or later.
A display adapter with at least 64K colors is strongly recommended. To obtain the best effects, use TrueColor (24- or 32-bit).
OpenGL. This graphics library is included with all versions of Windows since Windows 95. If you have an older version of Windows 95 you will need to download the libraries from Microsoft.
If you are planning to develop models that use the environmental communication library and you want to create your own environmental programs, you will need a C or C++ compiler. The comm_lib library was created with Microsoft Visual C++ v.6.0.
To use lpfg you will need a C++ compiler capable of creating Windows DLLs. lpfg was developed and tested using Microsoft Visual C++ v.6.0.

Files included in installation

The distribution CD contains the following folders:

bin
enviro
Help
lpfg
oofs

The contents of these folders are described below:

bin contains all binaries necessary to use L-studio:
- cpfg.exe — cpfg executable
- cpp.exe — C preprocessor
- lpfg.exe — lpfg executable
- LStudio.exe — L-studio executable
as well as the folder enviro.bin, which contains several environmental programs.
enviro contains the compiled communication library and the communication library header file.
Help contains these help files in HTML format, along with PDF versions of other manuals, such as the Cpfg User's Guide.
lpfg contains files and folders required to run lpfg.
oofs contains sample L-studio objects.

To install L-studio:

Create a folder for L-studio files, e.g. C:\Program Files\L-studio
Copy the contents of the CD to this folder. If you wish to keep your data files separately (e.g. in C:\My Documents), copy the oofs directory to this folder instead.
In order to use lpfg, you will need a C++ compiler capable of generating Windows DLLs. If you intend to use Microsoft Visual C++, find the file vcvars32.bat in the directory where your copy of MSVC++ is installed. Copy this file to the lpfg\bin directory of your L-studio installation (overwriting the vcvars32.bat file that came with L-studio). This file defines environment variables needed by the compiler and linker. (In particular, it specifies the PATH, INCLUDE and LIB variables.) Note that you will have to do this again if you upgrade your L-studio installation.
If you intend to use a different compiler, see this appendix for instructions on how to set up lpfg.

To create a shortcut to L-studio on your desktop, right-click on bin\Lstudio.exe in your L-studio directory and drag it to the desktop. Select Create shortcut from the popup menu. To add L-studio to your Start menu, consult Add items to the Start Menu in the Windows Help system.