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Installing the 32 bit Win DIRDIF 99 on WinNT 4.0

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Dirdif is a Patterson based structure solution program and should be considered the program of first choice for heavy atom problems. Where a heavy atom problem can be consider a phase containing Sulfur or Chlorine for many types of organics.

The latest Dirdif as of time of writing (October 1999) is DIRDIF 99.2. Dirdif 99.2 is available as binaries for Windows and DOS; and as source code for UNIX. To be fully functional, a licence file is required but should be inside the distribution (as of August 2002). If not, a zipped licence file can be obtained by clicking here.


  • It is best to do the following using the system administrator's account so a) everyone can use the system; b) DLLs can be copied into the correct area and c) and the DIRDIFDIR environment parameter can be globally set for all users of the NT system.

  • Download Win DIRDIF - http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/~louis/software/dirdif/
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  • Extract the Setup.exe file using WinZIP for PKZIP into a temporary directory such as c:\temp

  • Run the setup.exe program.

    Win DIRDIF 99 install screen

    Win DIRDIF 99 install screen

  • The WinDIRDIF setup will also remind that a licence file is required from Paul Beurskens to fully enable the functionality of DIRDIF.

    Win DIRDIF 99 setup screen, Licence File Information

  • After the setup program prompts for the directory to install Dirdif into, then installs the files; it will then present you with the Environment variable information that is required to be set.

    Win DIRDIF 99 setup screen, Environment Variable Information

  • If the version you installed does not have the full licence, a zipped licence file can be obtained by clicking here

  • Go into the Control Panel, System and set the following environment variables. (The "\" at the end of the line is very important for enabling DIRDIF to be called and run correctly)
    SET DIRDIFDIR=C:\DIRDIF99\
    

  • Then run WinGX and link in Dirdif so it can be called by WinGX using the Files, SYSTEM, Setup, Applications-2 option.


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