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PC Setup HOU-IP
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PC Setup HOU-IP
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Note: Instructions based on Windows ME
Contents: * Install HOU-IP * HOU Preferences * HOU-IP FTS Files *
Trouble shooting! * Setup File
Types for FTS Images * FIT Files *
Windows 95/98 * Start Menu
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NOTE: If you already have HOU on your computer, go into windows explorer and change the name of HOU program to something like HOU-previous or HOU-old until you are sure of the new installation. When you are happy with the installation, use Windows Explorer to move old images folders you wish to keep, into the new HOU-IP folder.
Go to Start, Open HOU IP. 
. Go to File, Preferences.
IMPORTANT for Navigation to Images: Using \ or / for the images directory.
Images: The default is C:\ etc. However, if you replace the \ to a / anywhere in the path, then the program will go to the last folder you opened. This is an advantage because you do not have to work your way through the image folders each time you want to open a new image. We strongly recommend that you switch the slash to C:/OR, Images: If you have C:\ followed by the path you want the computer to follow, the program will follow exactly that path. This is an advantage if you are having students working on a specific lesson and want to set up each computer for that lesson. Delimit the path to the appropriate folder such as C:\PROGRAM FILES\HOU-IP\images\Images-High_School\1intro_ to_ image_ processing\ (This is a lot of bother, so unless you are doing a one time lesson, students should learn how to navigate folders.)
Palettes: This path should define the pals directory for HOU-IP. C:\PROGRAM FILES\HOU-IP\pals
Temporary: This path could be C:\PROGRAM FILES\HOU-IP\images or could be directed to the C:\WINDOWS\TEMP. You could even put a / slash in the path to make the temp files stay with the folder you have opened. It is not clear that there is one best place for the temp files or one best way to do this configuration.
Plot: This path could be C:\PROGRAM FILES\HOU-IP\images or could be directed to the C:\WINDOWS\TEMP. You could even put a / slash in the path to make the .plt files stay with the folder you have opened. It is not clear that there is one best place for the plot files or one best way to do this configuration.
Note: After you complete the table, you are instructed to exit and restart the software. This is not necessary. (False Warning. :)
This is how your software should work after installation. If the images
are properly associated with the HOU program and the .fts file type is
recognized, you will be able to see and open the .fts images from HOU-IP. File,
Open, 
moon.fts.
You will also be able to open HOU images from the images folder in Explorer. (Most of the time you will be opening images from the HOU-IP software, but this is a quick way to look at any image in your image folders from Explorer.) For example, go to Windows Explorer, Program Files, HOU-IP, Images. Double click on the image icon for moon.fts..
HOU-IP should open with the selected image for a "quick
view". Each image you click on will open a different HOU-IP
window.
(If .fts images do not have the fits icon or if they don't open with HOU when you double click them from Explorer, configure File Types.)
Go to Start, Settings, and select Control Panel.
From the Control Panel Menu, go to Tools. Select Folder Options, File Types.
Scroll through the registered file types. Look to see if FTS file type is in the list. If so, select it. Look on the lower half of the window to see if "Opens with;" is followed by HOU. If you do not find the FTS file type or if the type is not associated with HOU, see "if FTS is not on the list" below.
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Click advanced
to select Always show extension.
Add .fts file type for HOU. Select NEW. Type .fts in the file extension place.
Click Advanced. If FTS File does not come up as the associated file type, just select <New> or Image Document.
If the Opens With section does not say HOU, then choose HOU from the Programs list or choose Other to browse for hou.exe.
*Add a Feature: Add .fit file type for
HOU.
(This is for advanced HOU users who have access to their own images or images
from other databases.)
Some CCD imaging programs save the CCD files as .fit instead of .fts. If you want the HOU program to recognize .fit files, then create a New File type, as above, for .fit. In "Opens With", select hou.exe.
If you have to "teach" your pc that .fts files are opened by HOU-IP, configure as follows:
Close, Close, Close.
Go to Start, Settings, Task Bar and Start Menu, Advanced, Add. Then browse to the HOU-IP folder, select hou.exe.
Questions, Comments, Suggestions: Email houstaff@hou.lbl.gov or Vivian Hoette, vhoette@hale.yerkes.uchicago.edu.
Page Updated: 08/01/2002
