Windows PAR Desktop Setup

Create Desktop Icons:

1. Open Windows Explorer (click Start, Programs, Windows Explorer (or
   Accessories and Windows Explorer) and make sure it doesn't cover the whole
   screen - if it does click the middle button at the top right of the screen
   - i.e. the square with 2 overlapping squares in it.  The Windows desktop
   should be visible as a background.

2. On the left side of Windows Explorer, click the plus sign next to
   My Computer and the Local C Drive icon to display its directories or
   folders.  If a minus sign is displayed, the drive is already open.

3. Find the PAR folder and click it once to open it.  The PAR contents should
   now be displayed on the right side of the screen.  To view as a list,
   rather than a group of icons, click the View Menu at the top and choose
   Details.

4. Find the PAR.EXE icon (if the DOS extensions, i.e. the '.EXE' are not
   shown,  open the View menu at the top of the screen and choose Options,
   then uncheck the Hide extensions box - the wording may vary with the
   Windows version).  The PAR.EXE file has an icon which is a white square
   with a blue border.  Click the icon with the RIGHT mouse button - this
   will open a menu - choose Create Shortcut.  This will make a Shortcut to
   PAR icon at the end of the listing on the right side of the screen.
  
5. Drag the shortcut icon (not the PAR icon) onto the desktop and drop it
   (put the mouse arrow on the shortcut icon, press and hold the left mouse
   button and move the shortcut to the desktop and release the left mouse
   button).

6. Now create a shortcut to either PARINET.EXE (if submitting to the Teleplan
   web site) or SUBMIT.BAT (if using the old Simpc Teleplan program).  Again,
   click with right mouse button, choose create shortcut and drag the
   shortcut to the desktop.

7. Similarly, create a shortcut to PARBACK.BAT, right click, create shortcut
   and drag to desktop.

8. Close Windows Explorer.

9. Click the Shortcut to PAR icon with the RIGHT mouse button and choose
   Properties.  Click the Program tab at the top of the Properties box and
   put a check in the Close on Exit box.
   If you would like the program to capitalize the patient's surname and
   first letters of the given name(s), add the word CAPS to the end of the
   command line (leave a space between the par.exe and caps).

10. Click the Change Icon button and click the Medical Bag icon (about 2/3rd
    to the right) and click OK.

11. Click the Screen tab at the top and check the box that says Run Full
    Screen and click OK.

12. Right click the Shortcut to ParInet (or Submit.bat) icon and select
    Properties.  Click the Change Icon button and type pifmgr.dll in the
    'Look for Icons In:' box.

13. Right click the Shortcut to Parback.bat icon and select Properties.
    Repeat the previous step to set up a Backup PAR icon.

14. Icons can be renamed by right clicking and choosing Rename.  Usually the
    icons are called PAR, Submit MSP and Backup PAR.

Windows Notes:

1. To run PAR in full screen mode under XP, double click the Par Icon to
   bring up the password screen.  Don't enter the password.  Type Alt/Enter
   to put the password screen into a Window.  Right click the title bar of
   the window and click Properities.  Click the Layout tab and set each to
   the 2 buffers sizes to 80 x 25.  Click OK and choose the Save for future
   windows option.  Press Escape a few times to return to the desktop.  Par
   should now run full screen.

2. When running any program in Windows, you may find yourself dumped out of
   the program back to the Desktop.  This may happen if you accidentally hit
   the Windows Key on the bottom row on the keyboard, or if you type the
   ALT/TAB or CTRL/TAB combinations.  If this happens, check the Task Bar at
   the bottom of your screen for an icon representing your program (in this
   case, PAR).  To get back into your program, click the Task Bar icon
   (clicking the Par icon will start a second copy of  PAR).

3. Before submitting accounts to MSP by clicking the Submit icon, make sure
   that the PAR program is not running, i.e. you should exit the program by
   returning to System.  Any account that is currently in use by PAR will not
   be accessible to the Submission program and the submission process may be
   prematurely terminated.

4. Before shutting down the computer, make sure that any running programs
   have be properly terminated or closed, otherwise, data may not get written
   back to the hard drive.  Always shutdown by clicking Start and Shutdown
   - never just turn the power off.