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I have a network license and need to install Periodic Table Live! on a hard drive. How do I do this?
JCE Software recommends that you run Illustrated Periodic Table (Windows) and Chemistry Navigator (Mac OS) from the Periodic Table Live! CD-ROM. However, network license holders may need to run the software from a hard drive. To do this you must copy the files for either program and the Periodic Table digital video to the computer's hard drive and make the adjustments necessary for the program to locate and play the video. The following instructions assume you are familiar with such processes as copying files, creating and naming folders or directories, and editing text. You will need approximately 300 MB of free space on your hard drive.
Windows 3.1 or Windows 95
1. Install QuickTime, Acrobat Reader (for documentation), and run the JCE Software Setup program as described in the Periodic Table Live! read me file, READ_PTL.WRI. Note that the icon or shortcut created by the setup program will run the program form the CD. You may edit its properties to point to the copy you install on your hard drive.
2. Create a directory for Periodic Table Live! on your hard drive, for example:
C:\PTLive
Note that this directory can be located on any drive or drive partition. If you have not used the C:\ drive, make a note of the location of the PTLive directory for later reference.
3. Copy the following directories and their contents from the Periodic Table Live! CD into the directory created in step 2:
IPT
PT_CD
DOCS (Optional--documentation may be helpful to users, but is not required)
4. Locate the Illustrated Periodic Table INI file, IPT_PTL.INI, in the Windows directory. Open the file in a text editor. You should see something like this (Charting and ExcelPath may vary):
;Initialization file for Illustrated Periodic Table
[IPT]
Videodisc=FALSE
PTVEdition2=FALSE
Mmotion=FALSE
Charting=TRUE
ExcelPath=C:\MSOFFICE\EXCEL\
DigitalVideo=TRUE
DVPath=D:\PT_CD\
4. Edit the last line of the file to specify the location of the digital video in the PT_CD directory inside the PTLive directory created in step 2, for this example:
DVPath=C:\PTLive\PT_CD\
5. Save the changes and close the file.
6. To verify that Illustrated Periodic Table can locate and play video, make sure the Periodic Table Live! CD is not mounted. Run Illustrated Periodic Table, IPT_PTL.EXE, located in the IPT directory inside the PTLive directory created in step 2.
Select an element, such as hydrogen. Click the Video button, and the button for one of the reactions. A movie window should open. If it does not, review the steps above. Make sure the path entered in step 4 is the correct path to the files on your hard drive.
Mac OS
1. Install QuickTime (if not already installed), Intel Indeo video extension, JCEChem font, and Acrobat Reader (for documentation) as directed in the Read Me First file.
2. Rename your hard drive, or a 300 MB or larger partition of your hard drive, PTLive. If File Sharing is on, you must turn it off before you can rename the hard drive.
3. Copy the following folders and their contents to the PTLive drive created in step 2.
Chemistry Navigator
PT_CD
Documentation (Optional--documentation may be helpful to users, but is not required.)
These folders must be at the root level of PTLive, not enclosed in any other folder.
4. To verify that Chemistry Navigator can locate and play video, make sure the Periodic Table Live! CD is not mounted. Open the Chemistry Navigator folder. Double-click the Chemistry Navigator icon to start the program.
Click About the Elements, then click hydrogen from the periodic table. From the Reactions menu select With Air. A movie window should open. If a dialog appears asking you to locate PTLIVE:PT_CD:H:H_AIR.MOV, click Cancel in the dialog, and in the dialog that follows. Quit Chemistry Navigator, and review the steps above. The files must be located exactly as above for Chemistry Navigator to locate them without assistance.
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The following titles feature video from our Chemistry Comes Alive! series.