Software Support
Downloads
From this page you can download updates to your current Datatech
software. For each download that is available, we list the current version
number, revision date, size of the file, and approximate time to download.
If you want to check your current version to see if you need to download an
update, click here for instructions. For help downloading
and installing the updates to our Windows software, click here.
Version: 3.3r (8/18/2005)
File size: 1.9 Mb
Approximate download time for dial-up connections:
7 minutes at 56k
Click here to download.
Download/Installation Instructions
Click on the link to begin downloading the update file. If your browser does not automatically start saving the file, or
ask you where you want to save it, you may need to right click on the above link and
select the "Save Link As..." option.
The filename is SETUP.EXE. Remember where you save this
file, because you'll need to run it once you have downloaded it. For example, if you
download it to your C: drive, you need to click on Start, select Run..., and type in
"C:\SETUP.EXE".
Note: If you have previously downloaded an update and have
not deleted that previous update file, your browser will confirm whether you
want to overwrite the existing file or not. You can answer "Yes"
to the question to overwrite.
One easy way to do it is to download the file to the your desktop so that an
icon for the file will appear right on your screen. To do this, click on
the drop-down list at the top of the Save As... window. Select
"Desktop" at the very top of the drop down list. When the file is done downloading, you will see an
icon appear on the Windows desktop, and you can simply double click on the icon to
begin the installation. When the installation is done, you can right-click on the
icon and select "Delete" to remove it.
Please Note: The update installation program defaults to
installing the update in the default directory. For The Farmer's
Office 2000, this would be "C:\WinFarm"; for WinChem 2000 this
would be "C:\WinChem". If you have installed the program on
another drive or folder (for instance, if you installed on a network to
"G:\WinChem") then you will need to specify the directory to
update when you run the SETUP file. Otherwise, the update will be
installed in the wrong directory and you will still be running the old
program.
Checking Your Version
To check the current version that you are running, go to the Help menu of the
Datatech application, and select the About... option. A window similar to
the following will open.
For the curious: What does the version number mean? In this
example (1.5h), the "1" is the major version number. The
"5" is the minor version number. The "h" is a revision
letter code. Usually, a change in the revision letter (which starts at
"a" of course) is used to signify bug fixes or minor changes from the
previous version. A change in the minor version number usually indicates
the addition of some new features. A change in the major version number
indicates the completion of several new features or other major upgrade.
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