

       Netica API Programmer's Library, version 1.04,

       Windows static library for Microsoft Visual C++ 4.xx



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.


32 BIT DEVELOPMENT
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This version of Netica API is for 32 bit development on Windows 95
or Windows NT.  For 16 bit development using MS Visual C++ 1.5x,
obtain version 1.01 of Netica API from the Norsys web site.
There is also a version for the Borland compiler.


INSTALLATION
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To install, simply copy the files on the floppy disk to the hard drive
directory of your choice (C:\Netica\API\ is a possibility), or if you have
downloaded and expanded the .zip file, move the resulting files to the
directory of your choice.

It is best to first get the example project working.
Start Visual C++ 4.xx, and choose Open Workspace from the File menu.
Open "Demo.mdp" (located on the directory where you installed it).

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 3 files from the project (by selecting them when the
FileView tab is active, and pressing Del), and re-add them by using
"Files Into Project..." from the Insert menu.  The 3 files are:
Demo.c, 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 Go from the Build->Debug Menu.
If it displays the welcome message, and does some simple probabilistic
inference without any errors, then your installation was probably succesful.

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.LIB in an existing project.
If you suspect that any of your project's compiler or linker options are
incompatible with NETICA.LIB, 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.LIB will work in regular Windows applications as 
well.


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, download the postscript file NeticaAPIManual.ps 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 different processor) 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



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