From: Oz Shy <ozshy at econ dot haifa dot ac dot il>
To: Norman Hendrich 
Subject: Re: Step-by-step instructions how to install jfig

Instructions for installing jfig on Windows XP (and perhaps other versions 
of Windows)

General: The installation process is divided into 3 steps: 
(I) Installing Java on your Windows machine (from SUN Microsystems)
(II) Downloading and installing jfig (from jfig web-site)
(III) Install an add-on (optional)

Step I: Installing Java 
(Note: Telephone modems may be too slow for this type of large-file 
download. I am assuming that you are connected to the 

Internet via fast Internet or directly through your office)

(1) Browse to www.java.sun.com
(2) Click on: 'Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)'
(3) Click on: 'J2SE 1.4.2'
(4) Click on 'DOWNLOAD' under J2SE v 1.4.2_01  JRE (use Windows 
Installation if you are on line, otherwise use Offline 

Installation, download the files and install later on).
(5) At the bottom of the long Agreement text click: 'Accept'
(6) Save it into an any directory you wish
(7) Double-click to execute the '.exe' file you have just downloaded
(8) You need to click: 'Accept' again, then 'next' for: typical 
installation
(9) Click: 'Finish'


Step II: Installing jfig

(1) Go to jfig's web-page: 
http://tams-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/applets/jfig/index.html
(2) Click: 'Download and run jfig'
(3) Click: 'Start' on the security warning
(4) Click: 'Yes' for integrating it into your desktop
(5) You are all set. You can now start the program from either the Start 
Menu, or by double-clicking the Icon on your 

desktop.

Step III (optional):
If you wish to add a utility allowing for more exports, 
(1) download fig2dev3.2.3d-windows.zip into an empty directory, say 
c:\fig2dev
(2) Unzip into the same directory.
(3) Go inside the fig2dev subdirectory and read the README file. 
Remark: This installation will require you to set the PATH to your chosen 
directory (c:\fig2dev in our example)

*** The End ***



Instructions how to Install fig2dev on Windows XP

(1) Unzip it into a new directory, say, c:\fig2dev
Note: This is tricky! You must put all the files from the subdirectory 
into c:\fig2dev and not leave the files in the zipped subdirectory !!!

(2) Set the path Note: If you use this utility only via the Export-Options
function of jfig, you probably don't need to add the path.

(3) You are almost all set, except, that on the Export-Options dialog box 
the default directory lists: c:\windows\fig2dev.exe as the path instead of 
c:\fig2dev\fig2dev.exe

So, you can either change it each time before you use to Export, or, if 
you dare, you can change it in the Show-Properties dialog box.