RUNSALT version 1.9
Copyright (c) 2002-2005 by Davide Bionda, PhD
http://science.sdf-eu.org/runsalt/

FILES IN THIS DISTRIBUTION
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- RUNSALT.EXE --> RUNSALT program
- README.TXT  --> this documentation
- SALT.EXE    --> ECOS thermodynamic model (Price, 2000)
- salt.bat
- xlisp.wks
- COPYING

WHAT IS IT?
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RUNSALT is a graphical user interface to the ECOS thermodynamic model described
in Price, C. A. (Ed.), 2000: "An expert chemical model for determining the
environmental conditions needed to prevent salt damage in porous materials". 
European Commission Research Report No 11, (Protection and Conservation of 
European Cultural Heritage). Archetype Publications, London.

HOW TO CITE?
============
If you use RUNSALT, please acknowledge it by placing the following two citations
in any report, publication or other disclosure of results obtained with it:

Bionda, D., 2005. RUNSALT - A graphical user interface to the ECOS thermodynamic
model for the prediction of the behaviour of salt mixtures under changing climate
conditions. http://science.sdf-eu.org/runsalt/

Price, C. A. (Ed.), 2000. An expert chemical model for determining the
environmental conditions needed to prevent salt damage in porous materials. 
European Commission Research Report No 11, (Protection and Conservation of 
European Cultural Heritage). Archetype Publications, London.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
===================
RUNSALT works on any 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft Windows operating system.

INSTALLATION
============
No installation necessary: just unzip the file and move the RUNSALT directory
to a convenient place on your computer.

PROGRAM USE
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Launch RUNSALT by double-clicking the RUNSALT icon. In addition to the 
self-explanatory menu items, Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete and Select All 
commands are available by clicking the right mouse button in the data input 
window. Clicking the mouse in the plot window will show the coordinates.
If you prefer to have the program launched with maximized window (for example 
because your monitor resolution is less than 1024 by 768 pixels), create a 
shortcut to it, change the "Run" attribute in the "Property" dialog of the 
shortcut to "Maximized", then launch RUNSALT with the shortcut.

SAVING INPUT FILES
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The files are saved in standard ASCII format and can be viewed with any text 
editor. For your convenience, save them with the *.txt extension or with the 
extension associated with your favourite text editor. Don't use an editor to 
modify them unless you know what you are doing.

KNOWN PROBLEMS
==============
Pressing the ESC key while the input dialog is the active window will cause the
dialog to close. This is a "feature" of the programming environment, there is no
remedy at the time. If this happens, just quit and re-launch RUNSALT.

COPYING RUNSALT
===============
RUNSALT is Freeware. However, RUNSALT is still Copyright (c) 2002-2005 by Davide 
Bionda. All rights reserved. You may not sell this program without the author's 
permission. RUNSALT may be distributed freely, except where noted above, 
provided it is distributed unmodified and with this README file.
RUNSALT was written in Lisp on a foundation consisting of XLISP and XLISP-STAT. 
See the file COPYING for the license agreement for XLISP and XLISP-STAT.

DISCLAIMER
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YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT USE OF RUNSALT IS AT YOUR EXCLUSIVE 
RISK. RUNSALT, ANY RELATED FILES AND DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.