This chapter describes how to install MUIbase on your computer, what the hard- and software requirements are, and how to start MUIbase.
For installing MUIbase on your hard disk you need the Commodore Installer. This tool can be found in the Aminet under directory `/pub/aminet/util/misc'. The Installer may also be included in the MUIbase archive. Be sure to use Installer version 43.3 or up, otherwise the installation script may fail.
Before beginning the installation, make sure that your computer and your system software is compatible to MUIbase. See required hardware and required software sections.
You need an Amiga with an 68020 processor or higher, 2 MB of ram, and a hard disk with at least 2 MB of free space on it. For larger applications more hard disk space and ram is necessary.
MUIbase needs OS version 3.0 or up. It may also run under OS 2.x but there is no guarantee that all features will work properly there.
Additionally, MUIbase requires that MUI version 3.8 or higher is installed on your system.
If you have received MUIbase as an archive file, unpack the archive to a temporary directory. Do not unpack it to the target directory!
Double click the MUIbase installer script `Install-MUIbase' and follow its instructions. The script asks for a directory where the software should be copied to. Do not enter the directory where you have unpacked the MUIbase archive to.
The script is also capable of updating an existing MUIbase installation. In this case enter the directory where you have previously installed MUIbase. When updating an existing MUIbase installation all necessary files are replaced by new ones. This includes the sample projects in the `Demos' directory. Therefore do not place projects into this directory nor use one of the sample projects for managing your own data!
After a successful installation you can remove the MUIbase archive from your system and store it elsewhere, e.g. on a floppy disk.
If you are a registered user of MUIbase and have received a key-file, you should move the key-file to one of the following directories:
MUIbase will search in these directories for the file `MUIbase.key' and if found (and the key-file is valid) enable all crippled features.
Remember that the key-file contains your personal data and you are not allowed to give it away. Also do not modify the file in any way or MUIbase is likely to crash.
Please keep a safety copy of your key-file on one or two diskettes.
MUIbase can be started from Workbench or from CLI. From Workbench double click the MUIbase icon. You can also double click a MUIbase project icon. This starts MUIbase and the selected project is automatically loaded by MUIbase. It's also possible to mark several MUIbase projects by shift clicking them and double click the last project.
From CLI type MUIbase [file1 ...], where file1 ... are optional projects to be loaded by MUIbase.
To quit MUIbase select menu item `Project - Quit' or close all opened projects.
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