

       Netica API Programmer's Library, version 1.18,

       Dynamic Link Library for Microsoft Windows (NT4, 95, 98)



LICENSE AGREEMENT
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Before using Netica, make sure you accept the license agreement,
which is included with this package.  If not, return Netica unused 
for a refund.


INSTALLATION
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To install, expand the .zip file downloaded from the website or copied
from the disk sent to you, and put them in the hard disk directory of 
your choice (C:\Netica\API\ is a possibility).

It is best to first get the example project working.
Start Visual C++ 5.xx or later, and choose Open Workspace from the File 
menu.  Open "Demo.dsw" (located on the directory where you installed it).

If you have an earlier version of Visual C++, or a different compiler,
or are programming in Visual Basic, Delphi, Pascal, etc., then you should
use Netica.dll in the manner prescribed by those development environments
(standard for a dll), but you will not be able to build the Demo project
as described below.

If you have trouble building Demo.exe in the next step, it may be
because Visual C++ is looking for the source files in the wrong directory.
Simply remove the 6 files from the project (by selecting them when the
FileView tab is active, and pressing Del), and re-add them by choosing
Project -> Add to Project -> Files.  The files to add are:
Demo.c, Netica.dll, NeticaEx.c, Netica.lib.

Choose "Build Demo.exe" from the Build menu, and check that everything
compiles and links without errors, as it constructs your executable
Demo.exe.  Then try running it by choosing Build -> Start Debug -> Go.
If it displays the welcome message, and does some simple probabilistic
inference without any errors, then your installation was probably successful.

Once you have the example program running, you can duplicate the "Demo"
project, replace Demo.c with your own source files, and you are ready to 
build your own application.

Alternately, you can simply include Netica.dll and Netica.lib in an existing
project.  If you suspect that any of your project's compiler or linker 
options are incompatible with Netica, you can check to see if they are 
different from the options in the Demo project.  Demo is a console 
application, but of course Netica.dll will work in other types of Windows 
applications as well.

Whenever you run an application which requires Netica dll, Windows must be
  able to find it in one of the following directories:
  1. The directory where the executable module is located.
  2. The current directory.
  3. The Windows system directory ('GetSystemDirectory' function retrieves
     the path of this directory). 
  4. The Windows directory (the 'GetWindowsDirectory' function retrieves 
     the path of this directory).
  5. The directories listed in the PATH environment variable. 


MANUAL
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To use the Netica API, you will need the reference manual.  If the floppy
disks were shipped to you, then the manual will be included with them.
Otherwise, you can download the manual as a postscript file or a rich text
format file from the Norsys web site.  It is okay if the manual has an 
earlier version number.


LICENSE PASSWORD
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In your own software, you should use the license password provided to you
by email, or on your invoice.  If you just use NULL, as in the "Demo"
project, Netica will not be able to solve large problems.


FUTURE VERSIONS
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Your purchase price includes all version 1.xx releases of Netica (for your
chosen operating system), so your license password will work on all of them.  
If you are downloading Netica, then you can simply download the new versions
as they appear.
If Netica was mailed to you, then you will receive mailings of selected
new versions.  Additional mailings can be purchased from Norsys.


SPECIAL BUILDS
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Versions of the Netica library built with different options (e.g. optimized
for a certain processor, or as a static library) may be purchased from 
Norsys.  Contact Norsys with your request.


PROBLEMS
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If you have problems, contact Norsys at:    info_norsys@norsys.com


Norsys Software Corp.
www.norsys.com











