Before you install MPL, to protect your software from loss, please copy all the files on the distribution disk onto a backup and put it in a safe place.
To install MPL for Windows place the first MPL installation disk in drive A:. From Start menu choose the Run command. Type a:\setup and click OK. The installation program will ask a number of simple questions such as where to install the software and then copy the files to the hard disk on your machine. it will create entries for MPL in the Start menu.
The files on the distribution diskette for MPL are copied to the hard disk as follows:
Mplwin4 directory:
Mplwin42.exe Contains the MPL for windows application.
Mplwin42.hlp On-line help file for MPL.
Mplwin42.cnt Contents file for the on-line help.
Mplwhat.hlp Context sensitive help file for MPL.
*.mpl Contains sample input files, with full formulations of
various Lp problems. These files tell you how to use many
of the MPL features.
*.dat Contains the data files that accompany the sample model
files.
Mplwin42.ini initialization file for mplwin that stores the current
setup.
*.opt Option files for some of the solvers supported by MPL.
Tutorial Directory containing sample models for the on-line tutorial.
Windows directory:
Mpl*.pif piF files for running solvers in a DOS window. Mpl*.bat Batch files for running solvers in a DOS window.