TEST FISPRO INSTALLATION
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A) JAVA version
FisPro interface uses the Java language and requires a Java Virtual
Machine (JVM).
The Windows installation and the Fispro source distribution include a fispro.jar file which has
been compiled with a java compiler 1.6.0. 
Therefore it is compatible with any Java Virtual machine (JVM) 1.6 or
higher.
The Windows distribution includes a java executable built with
launch4j. It checks the validity of the JVM, and a flash screen
redirects you on the upgrade web page http://sun.java.com.

On Linux, if nothing happens when you launch FisPro, or if there is an error
message such as:
"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: fis/MainFIS (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)"
check the Java version installed on your system, by typing:
java -version 

If you have a Java version number less than 1.6, you must upgrade your JVM.
JVMs for all systems are available at http://sun.java.com.


B) DATA

1- All data files must be text files, with or without a header line
giving the columns names. Excel files cannot be imported directly, they
must be converted to text files (CSV export).
2- The only decimal separator allowed in data files is the point (.). 
The comma is not allowed.
3- The text file must be delimited with a field separator. Spaces, tabs and
points are not allowed. Missing data are not allowed.
4 - To test your configuration, open from the data menu the iris data file provided in the
DATA directory 
If you get a popup window with an error message such as "not a number" check the following:
* your data file uses the point as a decimal separator. 
* in case of trouble on Linux/UNIX, set the environment variable LC_CTYPE=C 
* in case of trouble on Windows check the java configuration panel.
If everything goes well you get no message. You can then view the file
by using the table option of the data menu.


C) 3D GRAPHS

The FIS menu -> System response -> Surface option displays the
variation of a FIS output in function of the variations of two input
variables, the other input variables being set to a fixed value.
This option is based on the Sun Java3D API, which is not part of a
default Java installation.
If Java3D is missing, this option cannot be run, and you should get a
popup windows with an error message saying "you must install JAVA3D
version >=1.3.1".

To avoid these problems, the Java3D extension is included in the FisPro
distribution and need not be reinstalled if you upgrade your JVM.

E) FISPRO HELP SYSTEM

FisPro integrated help now calls the default system browser.



