INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ZR SKCC TRACKER PROGRAM        25 Feb 2013

ZR SKCC Tracker is a 32 bit Windows program

WINDOWS XP Instructions:

*DOWNLOAD W5ZRSKCC514.ZIP into any empty folder. 
*UnZip W5ZRSKCC514.ZIP and get 6 files, including SETUP.EXE.
*Click on the README-SETUPINSTRUCTIONS.TXT file and read the instructions
*Click on SETUP.EXE to install the program. Accept the default directory.
*If you get an error from an out of date .DLL file, choose Ignore and Continue.
*Once installed, Click on the START button on your Windows Desktop, then select 
ALL PROGRAMS.
*Find SKCC514 in the list of programs - it has a US Flag Icon.
*Click on the SKCC icon and it will run.
*The setup routine has created an icon for a shortcut, click on it and hold the mouse button down while you drag and drop it onto your desktop. Or right-click on the flag icon and select Make A Shortcut. Then drag this new icon to your desktop.
*With the program running, go to the CONFIGURATION PAGE first and enter your own data. Click SAVE to save your own data to disk and exit.
*Read the HELP file listed on the Main Page of SKCC.  This will answer most of your questions about operating the program.  

IF THERE IS AN EXISTING COPY OF ZR Tracker SKCC program ON YOUR COMPUTER:
 *Do not delete the existing old SKCC folder – Its files will be read by the new program to transfer your qso data to Version 5.14.
 * The old folder can have any name except SKCC514, which will be the name of the new folder.     
 * Then new program will be installed in a new folder named SKCC514.
 * To find the new SKCC514 folder, click on the START button on the lower left of your Windows desktop.  Then select ALL PROGRAMS, or PROGRAMS, and look down the list to find SKCC514.  Click on the American flag icon to run the program.
 * To create an SKCC514 icon for your desktop, Right-Click on the American flag icon and then select CREATE A SHORTCUT.  This will create a new Flag icon which you can then drag onto your Windows desktop.
 
TO TRANSFER YOUR QSOs FROM YOUR OLD ESISTING SKCC FOLDER TO THE NEW SKCC514
 *To read your old qsos from the old folder do:
 *MAIN PAGEàREAD QSOS INTO SKCC FILESàREAD YOUR QSOS FROM OLD ZR SKCC INTO NEW ZR SKCC FILESàCheck Here: either read Ver4.xx or read from Ver5.xx. 
 *Use SEARCH to locate your old folder and put its path into the Source box.  
 *The Destination box will be showing the path to your new V.514 folder. 
 *Next click COPY FILES. 
 *Done.
 *Once the new program is running successfully, and the files are confirmed to be good; then the old SKCC folder may be deleted.

WINDOWS 7 Instructions:

* In Windows 7 or 8 or Vista (or 64 bit computers) the program will default to install into the PROGRAM FILES X86 folder, and the data files will be placed into another folder. This causes big problems in finding the text-files that will be created by the program. 
* It will be best to install the program directly into the C: drive root folder which would be: C:\SKCC514. You can have the program and data files together here. 
* Note that in either case, the default paths found in the program input boxes –which are for Windows XP will not be correct for these 64 bit machines, and you will have to use the SEARCH buttons to find the correct paths to the files.
* First go to the C: Drive, and CREATE a new folder named SKCC514. This will be at: C:\SKCC514.
* Then run SETUP.EXE 
* When the Install routine stops at the second input box, and asks about the destination folder, change that to read  C:\SKCC514 
* Then as the install continues, it will likely stop with errors because of .DLL files. Choose the IGNORE choice, and then choose to CONTINUE. It will run to the end of the installation, and report a successful installation.

If the Windows7 installation is not successful then do the following: 

Alternate WINDOWS 7 Installation:

* If you are installing to Windows Vista or Windows7 or 8, and get an error during the install note the error - write down the filename shown in the error (usually it is a .DLL file)
* Then open SETUP.LST using WordPad (Click on the SETUP.LST filename, then select the option OPEN WITH... and choose WordPad) - SETUP.LST is one of the four files you downloaded.
* The SETUP.LST file will open on your screen. Look down the list to find the line 
that contains the filename that you noted above as the error.
* Place your curser at the very end of this line, and then use the BACKSPACE key to erase this line completely. Then BACKSPACE one more time to remove the empty line. You will see that each of these lines is numbered with FILE1= File2= etc.
* Now renumber the lines following the deleted line so that the numbers are in sequence, change the number that is following the word FILE in each case.
* Save the SETUP.LST file as you exit - be sure you SAVE the changed file.
* Now run SETUP.EXE again. If another error occurs, then do the above routine again 

IF THERE IS AN EXISTING COPY OF ZR Tracker SKCC program ON YOUR COMPUTER:
 *Do not delete the existing old SKCC folder – Its files will be read by the new program to transfer your qso data to Version 5.12.
 * The old folder can have any name except SKCC514, which will be the name of the new folder.     
 * Then new program will be installed in a new folder named SKCC514.
 * To find the new SKCC514 folder, click on the START button on the lower left of your Windows desktop.  Then select ALL PROGRAMS, or PROGRAMS, and look down the list to find SKCC514.  Click on the American flag icon to run the program.
 * To create an SKCC514 icon for your desktop, Right-Click on the American flag icon and then select CREATE A SHORTCUT.  This will create a new Flag icon which you can then drag onto your Windows desktop.

TO TRANSFER YOUR QSOs FROM YOUR OLD ESISTING SKCC FOLDER TO THE NEW SKCC514
 *To read your old qsos from the old folder do:
 *MAIN PAGEàREAD QSOS INTO SKCC FILESàREAD YOUR QSOS FROM OLD ZR SKCC INTO NEW ZR SKCC FILESàCheck Here: either read from Ver4.xx or read from Ver5.xx. 
 *Use SEARCH to locate your old folder and put its path into the Source box.  
 *The Destination box will be showing the path to your new V.514 folder, if it not correct use the SEARCH button to find it and put the path into the Destination box. 
 *Next click COPY FILES. 
 *Done.
 *Once the new program is running successfully, and the files are confirmed to be good; then the old SKCC folder may be deleted.

If you have difficulty with the installation of the ZR SKCC program contact W5ZR at:
   w5zr@hughes.net