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Downloading/Installing the Shareware

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Getting Started

Unzip the data files archives that you download from the data provider into the HTRF folder. HTRF will return a File Not Found error if the data file is not in the same folder as the HTRF program.

To start HTRF, simply click on the executable file [HTRFxxx.EXE] and you will be given a menu with R, T, P or C options. Use the R option to read the data file followed by the T and P options. The C option changes your preferences, or the configuration, of HTRF including both handicapping and output format options. The configuration is retained from the current session to the next session.

Results files are placed on your hard drive in the HTRF folder. Output options include (1) Hypertext (HTML) format for your web browser and (2) PCL (.PRN) format. Windows Print Manager does not recognize PCL code in files so printing from Notepad or Wordpad gives unsatisfactory results. To enable Drag and Drop Printing of *.PRN output files (using the preferred PCL print commands embedded in the output files) from Windows and to view the files with Windows Notepad as the default application, see Printing Output below.

Printing Output

Using any text editor (such as Notepad), create a file called Printer.bat and add the following line . . . . copy %1 lptx /b . . . . . where x is the correct LPT port number (such as LPT1). Save the file in the Windows folder.

Start Windows Explorer, and then click Folder Options on the View menu. On the File Types tab, click New Type. In the Description Of Type box, type "Printer" (without
quotation marks). In the Associated Extension box, type "PRN" (without quotation marks). Click New. In the Action box, type "print" (without quotation marks). In the Application Used To Perform Action box, type . . . .c:\windows\printer.bat . . . Click OK. Click Set Default.

Keeping the Action box open, type "open" (without quotation marks). In the Application Used to Perform Action box, browse for your Notepad.exe file . . . . usually in C:\ProgramFiles\Accessories\Notepad.exe. Close by clicking OK twice.

Using Windows Explorer, locate the Printer.bat file in the Windows folder. Use the right mouse button to click the file, and then click Properties on the menu that appears. Click the Program tab, and then click the Close On Exit check box to select it. Click OK. Using the right mouse button, drag the Printer.bat file to the desktop, and then click Create Shortcut Here on the menu that appears. (Or you can Use Send to Desktop as Shortcut).

After you follow the above steps, you can print the HTRF output .prn files using any of the following methods:

Drag a file onto a printer icon.
Drag a file onto the Print.bat shortcut on the desktop.
Use the right mouse button to click a file, and then
click Print on the menu that appears. (Or click open if
you just want to view the file in Notepad. Remember, we
set the Default to "PRINT". If you prefer, you can
go back and change it to "OPEN" rather than print.)
Double-click the file. (If the Default is "PRINT" the
file is sent to the printer. If the Default is "OPEN",
the file is opened in Notepad when you double click it.

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