MONTANA RIVERS INFORMATION SYSTEM 

 Rivers Report 



APPENDIX A 



Installation 



Installation of the Montana Rivers Information System (MRIS) Rivers Report is a 

 two step process: 



1) Install the System Utilities. 



2) Install MRIS Rivers Report proper. 



I Install the System Utilities 



The System Utilities require approximately 500,000 bytes. 



The system utilities are used to customize the MRIS Rivers Report. They also 

 include Automenu, a shareware menuing package, that creates a menu to run the 

 Rivers Report and cutomization utilities. (Shareware is software, commonly available 

 on bulletin boards, that you can try before purchasing.) 



The system utilities should be installed in a directory that DOS searches for 

 programs. Typically, directories like ADOS", '^BIN" or '^TOOLS" are used. You can, 

 however, create your own directory, e.g., "C:\ MRISUTIL" and include it in the 

 PATH command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (See your DOS manual under "PATH" 

 command and "AUTOEXEC.BAT" files for more information.) 



To determine what directories DOS searches for programs type PATH at the 

 DOS prompt: 



C:\>PATH 



PATH=C:\DOS;\C:\BATCH;C:\TOOLS 



In this example, you could install the utilities in the C:\DOS, C:\BATCH, OR 

 C:\TOOLS directories. 



To install the system utilities in a directory not currently in the PATH you can 

 create a directory, for example, D:\MRISUTIL by entering the following commands 

 (shown in bold) at the DOS prompt: 



C:\>D: 



D:\>MD MRISUTIL 



D:\>CD MRISUTIL 



D:\MRISUTIL> 



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