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:\whip\whip4-102..exe file. This will also register the Whip! driver as a plug-in with your default browser for viewing DWF file formats on the web. For more information on the AutoDesk Whip! driver capabilities, please visit http://www.autodesk.com.

2) Install iPOGO by double clicking on the :\iPOGO\setup.exe file in Explorer. Note and accept the default installation directories.

3) Activate the license by selecting the Windows menus Start->Programs->iPOGO Surveying Software->License Admin. Enter your license number, user name and company then press Apply. You can verify the license by pressing Info.

4) Using Explorer, create a project subdirectory to use for project computations. This can be anywhere on your system. Suggest using c:\iPogo\Projects\ or similar.

5) Create a project shortcut on your desktop by right mouse clicking on the iPOGO.exe file in the installed directory noted above. Use the Create ShortCut menu option. You can rename the shortcut to any name you choose by using the right mouse click menu options. Drag and drop the shortcut onto your desktop.

6) Right mouse click the project shortcut, select Properties, select Shortcut Tab, and change the 'Start in' value to the project subdirectory you created in step 4. You can create additional project shortcuts by copying this one and changing the Start in directory.

7) Save the sample subdivision data file, demo.cmd, in the project subdirectory.

8) Test the installation as follows.

Double-click the project shortcut on your desktop to start iPOGO.
Select the File Open menu option and select the demo.cmd file you saved in step 7.
After opening the file, press the button labeled 'Run' located in the upper left of the editor window. If everything has installed correctly, you will see an output window with all the lot closures displayed. Resize the window if necessary to view the output.
Press the button labeled 'Interactive' on the upper left menu bar. The graphics will load and display the demo subdivision linework.
Select the Window Tile menu option to tile the graphics and computed output side by side.
Right mouse click on the graphics to display a menu with pan, zoom, layer control and printing options.
Select Tools, Command Settings menu, toggle on point and line text, change the text height and close the dialog box.
Press the button labeled 'Reload' in the bottom right of the graphics to redisplay the new text height.
Enter a new plot scale in the field labeled 'Plot Scale' in the bottom right of the graphics and press enter to change the current view scale.
Select the button labeled 'Stop' to stop processing the batch file and return to the text editor.
Select File Exit to quit iPOGO.

If you have completed the above steps successfully, then you are ready to start computing!

If you are unfamiliar with the iPOGO command language, you should first read through these FAQs. Then go to the help manual and start working with just the positive 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 commands. Once you have reviewed these basic commands and their examples, you will develop the ability to read the computations like a book. You can also browse the documentation contained in the demo.cmd batch file to get a feel for some of the more advanced capabilities of iPOGO.

If you are an old iPOGO DOS guru, you should browse the rest of these FAQs to get an understanding of the changes from DOS versions. iPOGO Version 5 now includes z value support, built-in Metes and Bounds Description legal writer, enhanced point storage commands and listing commands, DXF in and out, user-defined features for linework, alpha lot/figure numbers accepted by inversing commands and exported with each figure as Extended Entity Data in DXF for GIS use, point comparison computations with 95% confidence level of accuracy using Root Mean Square Error formulas per FGDC national standards, and much more.

Good Luck and Enjoy using iPOGO!
(applies to iPOGO, 5.0, 06/30/2001)