McIDAS Programmer's Manual
Version 2006
HTML Download Instructions

The McIDAS Programmer's Manual version 2006 was distributed 28 April 2006. Follow the instructions below to update the HTML version of the manual on your local web server.

You can obtain the McIDAS Programmer's Manual files through this webpage using your site's login and password (which was also listed on the cover letter that was enclosed with the upgrade package mailed to your site coordinator). If you do not know the login and password, ask your site coordinator. If you have a problem obtaining these files via the web, ask your site coordinator to contact the McIDAS Help Desk by e-mail or by phone at (608) 262-2455.

To download the McIDAS Programmer's Manual in HTML format:

1. Download the following file to a directory on your hard drive.
   Note: Step 2 will fail if the names of the downloaded files do not exactly match those listed below. If your web browser changes the names of the files during download (e.g., prog_man2006.tar.Z becomes prog_man2006_tar.Z), you must rename the files to those below.

   File name	Size	Description
   prog_man2006.tar.Z	1234 KB	compressed tar file containing the HTML version of the McIDAS Programmer's Manual

2. Uncompress prog_man2006.tar.Z to create the prog_man2006 and prog_man2006/images directories, which contain the .HTML, .gif, and .css files necessary to view the McIDAS Programmer's Manual in HTML format.
   
   UNIX Users -
   From the unix prompt, type: uncompress < prog_man2006.tar.Z | tar xf -
   
   Windows XP Users -
   From a local file manager (e.g., Windows Explorer), double-click prog_man2006.tar.Z to run WinZip, which will decompress the tar file and extract the files.