INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Last Modified 27/5/11

See also
TECHNICAL MATTERS
FREQUENLY ASKED QUESTIONS
SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS

SCRUTELLE INSTALLATION

IF YOU ARE INSTALLING SCRUTELLE VERSION FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS MACHINE, THEN 
ENTER CONTROL PANEL AND REMOVE ALL EXISTING VERSIONS OF SCRUTELLE 

If you are installing from CD:
Insert the CD into the CDROM drive on your computer. 
Then open the CD drive using Windows Explorer 
Click on setup.bat

If you are installing from scrutelle-install:
Download and run the zip file on SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS

This will create the following folders

C:\scrutelle
C:\scrutelle\program
C:\scrutelle\program\v7
C:\scrutelle\program\v8

C:\scrutelle\data
C:\scrutelle\install

If you are installing from CD then copy the other files on the CD to C:\scrutelle\program\v8

Now go to C:\scrutelle\program\v8
and click on scrutelle.exe

If you get the message "Cannot find file scrutelle.ini"
then check that you have extracted/copied ALL the files into C:\scrutelle\program\v8

scrutelle should now run and display with the message
"Program registered to Evaluation Version"

You should now replace the evluation version of scrutell.ini with the fill licence 
file sent to you by email

If you have registered for Competition Management and/or Results Module then confirm that 
you can open them from the top menu bar in scrutelle

It is recommended that you create a separate sub-folder 
for each competition within C:\scrutelle\data

If you want to keep your downloaded ZIP files put them 
into C:\scrutelle\install

You may need to tweak your licence file scrutelle.ini
This resides in the same folder as scrutelle.exe
=====================================================
[CONTROL]
Browser=C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Excel=C:\program files\microsoft office\office\excel.exe
LicenceCode=xxxxxxxxx
WebDirectory=xxxxxxxxx
Scrutineer=xxxxxxxxxx
[RM]
ResModule=xxxxxxxxxx
[CM]
CompManagement=xxxxxx
[MARKSHEET DEFAULTS]
Blanks=1-20
Numbers=21-50
Boxes=51-900
=====================================================

scrutelle help is provided via your browser.The default browser is 
Internet Explorer and is assumed to be in folder 
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer. If this is not the case, then 
you should modify file scrutelle.ini as appropriate. You will then 
be able to view the help files by clicking on the help button 
within scrutelle

scrutelle-RM uses Excel on your computer to display the spreadsheets that it creates.
You may need to amend the path to Excel in scrutelle.ini

If you want to place a shortcut icon for scrutelle onto your desktop, there 
are various ways of doing this. One is as follows:

Using Windows Explorer go to C:\scrutelle\program\v8
Right click on scrutelle.exe
Select Create Shortcut
Select the new shortcut file with your mouse 
and drag it onto the Desktop
Right Click the new Desktop Icon and select Rename
Rename the Icon to Scrutelle

If you have followed the above instructions correctly then your scrutelle folder should look like this