Maple 6 Release 6.01
Windows
Read Me


This file describes the following topics:

   Contents of the Maple Folder 
   Command Line Maple 
   Changing User Mode or Folder 
   Using MATLAB and Maple
   Notes

For installation instructions, licensing information, and system 
requirements, refer to either the Install.htm file at the top level of 
the Maple 6 CD or the Installation Guide.


Contents of the Maple Folder
----------------------------

After installation, the following files are present in the
Maple folder:

  Readme.txt       this file
  Install.htm      An HTML file that gives installation instructions, 
                   licensing information, and system requirements
  Cmdline.txt      A description of the Command Line interface
  Excel.txt	   Information about using Maple 6 through Excel 2000
  Intro.mws	   Introductory help page that points out new 
                   features
  Latex.txt	   Information about exporting Maple worksheets as 
                   LaTeX
  Mint.txt         Description of the Mint Maple syntax checker
  Updtsrc.txt      Information on updating source code to Maple 6

After installation, the following folders are present in the
Maple folder:

  Afm              Folder that contains font information
  Bin.w2000        Folder that contains Maple executable programs for
		   Windows 2000 computers having the network version
                   installed
  Bin.w95          Folder that contains Maple executable programs for
		   Windows 95 or Windows 98 computers having the
		   network version installed
  Bin.wnt          Folder that contains Maple executable programs 
		   for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows
                   2000 machines having the single user version 
                   installed; Folder containing Maple executable 
                   programs for Windows NT and Windows 2000 machines 
                   having the network version installed
  Client           (For network installation only) Folder that 
                   contains the files for the Client installation.
  Etc              Folder that includes the readme and style files 
                   for LaTeX
  Excel		   Folder that contains the files related to the 
                   Maple 6 add-on for Excel 2000
  Extern	   Folder that contains files used for generic 
                   external calling		   		  
  FLEXlm	   (For network installations only) Folder that 
                   contains tools, daemons, and utilities for the Maple
                   license manager.  
  Lib              Folder that contains the Maple library files
  License          Folder that contains Maple licensing information
  Samples	   Folder that contains sample code for use with 
                   Chapter 6 of the Programming Guide, which deals with
                   modules.
  Users            Folder that contains information on a user's 
                   default settings (default location).

Note: The FLEXlm folder contains directories for every platform that 
Maple runs on. To save disk space, you can delete the directories that 
are not used on your network.


Command Line Maple 
------------------
 
Command Line Maple provides you with full access to the Maple library
and kernel, but it uses a character-based interface. Command Line
Maple uses slightly more memory than standard Maple.

On any Windows platform, Command Line Maple can be accessed from the 
Start menu. (If you installed Maple in the default location, open the 
Start menu, select Programs, Maple 6, then Command Line Maple. This 
version of Maple is described in the file Cmdline.txt. 

If the Command Line version of Maple (cmaple) does not appear to 
start, start the GUI (worksheet) version to check for messages regarding 
startup problems.


Changing User Mode or Folder
----------------------------

The BIN folder under the MAPLE folder contains an ASCII text file 
called Maplesys.ini. System administrators can use this file after 
installation to change user profile information. To change Maple 
from Single to Multiple User Mode, change the MultiUserProfile 
option from 0 to 1. To change the location of the user directory, 
specify the new directory in the UserDirectory option.


Using MATLAB and Maple
----------------------

MATLAB is an interactive system and programming language for general 
scientific and technical computation. For information on using the 
Maple-MATLAB link, see the ?Matlab,setup help page in Maple 6.


Notes
-----

When you open a Maple 6 worksheet that contains code written in 
Maple V Release 5 or Release 5.1, the built-in updtsrc feature 
updates the code for use in Maple 6. The worksheet is parsed one 
statement at a time. Each statement is syntactically checked before 
any updating is done, and any lines that are syntactically wrong are 
not converted. To get around the problem, run the the worksheet 
through the stand-alone updtsrc utility. For more information about 
that utility, see the Updtsrc.txt file.

