Origami.EXE notes regarding network usage
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You have two options in installing ORIGAMI on a network:

1) provide ORIGAMxx.ZIP or unzip it into a network
   directory and allow users to run SETUP themselves.

   This method is OK, but doesn't allow you the freedom
   to update their sites automatically when a new version
   of Origami.EXE comes out.

or, BETTER:

2) Install origami.EXE into a network directory yourself
   (unzip files into C:\temp, NOT the network directory!
    Let the setup program create the network directory
    itself.) Then direct users to the network site to 
    run Origami.EXE from the network site.

  This method is better, because it allows you to install
  new versions of Origami.EXE on only that one site and
  maintain it from a central location.
  
If you choose option 2, then be sure:

1) to run ORIGAMI.EXE once as a user with network drive write privileges.
   This will set up the required subdirectories and transfer files to them.
   (DATA,HTML,EPS, and VIEWS)

2) also check MO.INI after running once. It contains 
   important settings which
   you will want to customize. In particular:

   [Printer]
   Windows=1
   DOSunit=LPT1

Printer|Windows=1 for default Windows printing; 0 for DOS
Printer|DOSunit=  default DOS port

Note that if Windows printing is selected, then the driver
for the selected printer MUST be of type Generic/Text Only,
not the 'standard' driver for the printer. This is important
because Origami.EXE creates its own raw PostScript rather
than relying on standard Windows print functions.

Alternatively, you can use DOS printing and completely
bypass the Windows printer driver system. However, it
has been observed that printing directly to a local 
printer using the DOS method may result in printer I/O
errors, since the files being sent are pretty large 
and lots of processesing takes place IN the printer
itself. Some printers cannot keep up. Either no page will
come out, a page saying 'IOError' will come out, or
a blank page will come out. This is not a problem with
captured ports.

Note that in a network environment under Windows 3.1 
or Windows 95 you can capture a local port such as LPT1
or COM2 as network printer. This is a way to go if you
have client machines for which you do not want to install
specific generic drivers. Of course, they still have to
be set up to capture the right port to the right printer.

   [Exec]
   Edit=C:\windows\notepad
   Browser=C:\progra~1\netscape\naviga~1\program\netscape
   BMPGIF=C:\origami\bmpgif $bmp $gif
   Rasmol=C:\rasmol\raswin

The Exec block defines where to find helper executable
files. Rasmol (available from http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol)
and BMPGIF (included here) are usually
installed on network drives. Note that the browser
will be automatically set regardless of the value
here if either

 (a) C:\progra~1\netscape\naviga~1\program\netscape.exe

or
 
 (b) C:\netscape\netscape.exe

are found (in that order).

So you need not worry if client machines are running
Windows 95 or Windows 3.1

Note that every time a user runs the network version of 
Origami.EXE, that user's C:\ORIGAMI and associated
subdirectories are updated from the network site.
This automatically maintains the user's local site.
If YOU change the network version of MO.INI, this 
information will be transfered to the user's site.
(If they don't want this, tell them to run their local 
version instead!)

Chime Use
---------
Chime is a cool 3-D Network plug-in available from

http://www.mdli.com/chemscape/chime

You can export a view directly to Netscape, then include
it on your own home page if you like. Just make a 
reference to the .xyz file created for default settings,
or refer to the .htm file created for nondefault
settings determined by the following line in MO.INI:

  [Chime]
  Info=<BODY BGCOLOR=#000000>
       <embed align=abscenter src="file:///$xyz" 
       width=100% height=97% display3d=stick 
       options3d=specular color3d=cpk 
       startspin=false spiny=180>
       </BODY>

(Note, this is really all ONE line.)


Origami Updates
---------------

Check the Origami home page periodically for update
information:

http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr/mo/mo.html
