This web page assumes that you have copied the tabw.net.bin folder in one of its zipped forms to a CD or USB Flash drive. It also assumes you have copied the free skating dll TabwResources.dll to the same location or plan to use just the free skating content sheets supplied with the tabw.net.bin package. We will start showing how to get each of the forms onto the desktop.
The images in this example were created on a Windows XP machine. Windows Vista and Windows 7 will look somewhat different, but will work the same. In some cases Windows Vista or Windows 7 will issue pop up boxes asking permission to change things.
If you are on the machine you use for Tabulating and connected to the Internet, you can click the tabw.net.bin.exe link and select Run from the selection. This will get you to the point part way through the "Transferring the Files" section. Copying the TabResources.dll file from the Internet is explained after the section on copying from a folder.
Windows drive letters vary from machine to machine. In general, the C: drive is the operating system and install programs. On most machines, your user data is placed here. The D: drive is normally the CD/DVD drive although this changes if there is more than one hard drive partition. When you plug in a flash drive it will be assigned some other drive letter. This is usually the next alphabetical letter which has not yet been assigned such as E: or F: or G:.
If this is not the first time you have put the Tabw.net.bin folder on your machine, you may want to save the old copy, just in case. If this is the first time, go on to Transferring the Files. Click the Tabw.net.bin folder with the right mouse button and select Rename from the pop up menu using the left mouse button. The name of the folder will be become writable and the current folder name (Tabw.net.bin) will be highlighted. If you start typing now, you will replace the Tabw.net.bin with whatever you type. If you just want to add something on the end like "-old" or the release number "-3.7.0.4", press the right arrow key to position the cursor to where you want to type in the name.
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For the examples, we will use the flash drive located at drive letter G:. If your data is somewhere else, substitute your drive letter as appropriate. To see what letters are on your system, you will want to open a Windows Explorer window. The most consistent way of doing this is to press and hold the key with the "Windows" logo and press the letter e.
The sample computer happens to have 2 hard drives and 2 cd drives. After you plug in the flash drive you will see it appear as a new drive letter. Note that the "My Computer" window has two panes. One on the left and one on the right. We will refer to these as the left pane and the right pane. Hopefully this will not cause you too much pain.
Above you can see the drive letter G: has appeared with the caption "Removable Disk." To access the contents of the drive either click the driver letter once with the left mouse button in the left pane or double click the drive letter in the right pane with the left mouse button.
In the above image, you see the self extracting zip file tabw.net.bin.exe which contains the tabw.net.bin folder and the dll file TabwResources.dll which contains the free skating diagrams. Depending upon your view options, what you see may look more like the image below.
The above image shows the files as icons instead of names. This is controlled by the View menu pull down which is shown in it's extended form. The examples on this web page are done with the view set to Details. Whether or not you see the ".exe" or ".dll" as the last part of the file name is dependent upon other options. Microsoft likes to randomly move the these options around between versions of Windows.
The first self extractor window will be displayed.
Press the Browse button to bring up a window which allows you to pick where you want to put the extracted file. Choose your desktop and press the OK button as shown below.
Now press the Unzip button. You will get a message box similar to that shown below. Press OK and then Press the Close Button
Somewhere on your desktop, you will find the folder Tabw.net.bin as shown below.
Either double click the folder icon with the left mouse or right click and choose Open or Explore as shown below.
Using the mouse and the left mouse button drag the window with the G: drive to a location such that you can see both windows. Then drag the file TabwResources.dll from the G: drive window into the Tabw.net.bin window as shown below. If the TabwResources.dll file already exists in the Tabw.net.bin folder, you may get a pop-up question asking if it is OK to replace the file. In that case, press the button saying it is OK to replace the file.
If you are on a PC connected to the Internet, you can use the link to TabwResources.dll to get a fresh copy of the DLL to you Tabw.net.bin folder. Start by Clicking on the link.
Press the Save button.
In the Save As dialog that pops up, use the arrow pull down to open the list of places to save and select your desktop.
Either double click Tabw.net.bin with the left mouse button or right click Tabw.net.bin and select Open.
Then press the Save button. You will be prompted to see if you want to replace the existing file. Press Yes.
If you installed using the direct web install so that TABW is in your start menu, you can still get the dance sheets working. Use the Instructions for downloading the DLL but save the DLL in "My Documents" instead of the Tabw.net.bin folder.
You can close the window with the flash drive. If you are using a flash drive, always remember to safely remove the drive. In the icon try in the lower right corner of your screen, find the Safely Remove Hardware icon and click it with the left mouse button. You may have to first click the Show Hidden Icons button. Select the drive to be safely removed, in this case G:. You will get a pop up saying it is safe to remove the flash drive.
To make it easy to run TABW you can easily put a shortcut on the desktop. In the Windows Explorer window for Tabw.net.bin use the right mouse button and grab the icon for TABW. Drag the icon to your desktop and choose "Create Shortcut Here" from the pop up menu.
If you want desktop icons for Skate.net or other programs you can repeat the process.
You can drag the icon to another location on your desktop after you close the explorer window.
If you accidentally let go of the mouse in the wrong location, choose cancel from the pop up menu and try again.
This can be tricky with a mouse pad.
I hope you found this page useful. If I was unclear on something please drop me a line and I will try to fix it.
This page maintained by Bob Styma (Home Page)
Last Maintained: Saturday, 31-Mar-2018 23:53:53 CDT