Installation of BASCOM

After you have downloaded the ZIP file you need to UNZIP the file. Do not run setup from within the ZIP archive, but extract setup.exe first !

The commercial version comes with a license file in the form of a text file. This file is always on the disk where the file SETUP.EXE is located.

For the commercial version the setup file is named SETUP.EXE

Some resellers might distribute the license file in a ZIP archive. In such a case you need to UNZIP the file first.

Make sure the license file is in the same directory as the SETUP.EXE file.

When you are using the DEMO version you don't need to worry about the license file.

When you are installing on a NT machine like NT4 , W2000, XP, Vista or Win7, you need to have Administrator rights.

The installation example will describe how the FULL version installs. This is almost identical to the installation of the DEMO version.

Run the SETUP.EXE (or SETUPDEMO.EXE for the DEMO) by double clicking on the filename in explorer.

The following window will appear:

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setup_welcome

Click on the Next button to continue installation.

The following license info window will appear:

setup_license

Read the instructions , select 'I accept the agreement' and press the Next button.

The following window will be shown :

setup_readme

Read the additional information and click the Next button to continue.

Now the next screen will appear:

setup_destination

You can select the drive and path where you like BASCOM to be installed. You can also accept the default value which is :

C:\Program Files\MCS Electronics\BASCOM-AVR

When you are finished click the Next Button to continue.

When the directory exists, because you install a newer version, you will get a warning :

setup_exists

In case of this warning, select Yes.

You will now see the following window:

setup_startmenu

You can choose to create into a new Program Group named 'BASCOM-AVR' , or you can modify the name, or install into an existing Program Group. Press the Next-button after you have made your choice.

Now the files will be installed.

After the main files are installed, some additional files will be installed

setup_additional

These additional files can be PDF files when the program is distributed on a CD-ROM.

The BASCOM-AVR Program folder is created:

setup_programgroup_created

You can view the "Read me" and "License" files content and you can start BASCOM-AVR.

BASCOM uses HTML Help. The old HLP format is not supported.

When the UpdateWiz is not installed, you can download it from the register.