Downloads + Instructions

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HIMIPref™2019 has been built and tested using Microsoft .NET Frameworks 4.8 & 4.8.1, available from the Microsoft® "Download .NET Framework" page.

Note : Clients with no desire to do .NET programming on their machines should download and install the "Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1 Redistributable"

This programme should be installed on the client machine prior to installation of HIMIPref™.

HIMIPref.exe and Microsoft Redistributable Package

Download

Click HERE to download the HIMIPref2019_DDDDDD.exe setup package ("DDDDDD" is the date of release).

Installation Instructions

WARNING! If downloading in order to install a new version of HIMIPref™ subsequent to the use of a prior version, please refer to the User Manual to ensure your data is not over-written!

To install the setup package:

• The downloaded file, HIMIPref2019_DDDDDD.exe, should be stored to a temporary directory.
• Execute HIMIPref2019_DDDDDD.exe to unpack the setup files (see note) :
  • Setup.exe
  • SetupPFD000903.msi
  • VC_redist.x86.exe (Microsoft Redistributable)
• Execute VC_redist.x86.exe to install the Microsoft redistributables
  • See Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable latest supported downloads for more information
  • If you install HIMIPref™ without the redistributables in place and then run it, you will receive an error message:
    
    and you will then have to uninstall HIMIPref™, install the redistributables and reinstall HIMIPref™.
• Execute Setup.exe to install HIMIPref™.

  Note : On executing HIMIPref2019_DDDDDDD.exe, the following box will be displayed on the monitor:
  
  

  
  The "Win-Zip Box"

  Click the "Browse" button to select a destination folder for the setup files, via a standard Windows directory selection box.

  Click the "Unzip" button to unpack the files to the selected folder. The following box should then be displayed :
  
  

  
  The "Win-Zip 'OK' Confirmation Box"

  Click "OK" on the "Win-Zip 'OK' Box", then "Close" on the "Win-Zip Box"

  The unpacking process is now complete and, as specified in the main instructions, Setup.exe may now be executed to install HIMIPref™.

Post-Installation Data Storage and Recording

Now the User Files must be put in place and the programme "told" where they are.

Create a directory to hold your user files. Ideally, this will be directly off the root directory, e.g. C:\\HP2019UserFiles\

The user files are stored in a subdirectory of the application folder, as shown in this screenshot (click to enlarge):

The "User Data" directory contains the files shown (click to enlarge):

Copy all these files to the user directory you created as instructed above.

The file userloc (no extension) tells the programme where to find the user files, so the file in the application folder must be edited. userloc may be edited with notepad; provide the name of your user file directory, e.g. c:\\HP2019UserFiles\

• Note: it may be easier to change the extension from none to ".txt" and to delete the extension after editing the file.
• It is convenient to keep a copy of userloc in your user file directory, as updating the programme with a new installations will require the application directory to be deleted (via Control Panel | Uninstall a Program).

A common error: "Unable to open file ... errorOutput.txt"

This generally arises because the userloc file has not been edited in accordance with the section immediately above. Please edit the file and try again.