Downloading Card Weaving Software, Patterns, and Tuturial.

You need a Java enabled browser to run this software. The browser can either be the Internet Explorer(IE) or Netscape, version number must be < 6.

Unfortunately, this software does not work under Netscape 6. But, watch this space, there will be upgrades.

In theory, the applet can also run on Apple's MacOS with IE but I don't have access to an iMac to try it out.

Choose a Version

The Card Weaver is packaged in two different ways to accommodate Windows and Unix users.

	EXE File	ZIP File
	This column is for you ... if you use Windows	This column is for you ... if you don't use Windows or you know how to unzip a file
Version 1.01 Jan 7, 2002	Download installcw.exe ( 132 705 bytes) Double-click on "installcw.exe".	Download TheLoomyBin.zip ( 92 677 bytes) Unzip the zip file.

Files in this Release

Executing the exe file or uncompressing the zip file creates a folder called "TheLoomyBin". If you are on a PC the folder must be installed on the top level on the C: drive:

C:\TheLoomyBin

It contains the following files:

Once you see these files on your computer, you can delete the file that you downloaded and save disk space.

Ready ... go

You are now ready to execute the code.

• If you use Netscape, double-click on the file start4ns.html. Later on click Grant when a Java Security message box pops up and requests additional priviliges.

• If you use the IE, double-click on start4ie.bat. For a short moment you will see a text window before the browser comes up. This is unusual but correct.

If permissions are not set correctly you'll get one of the following messages:

• "Cannot get load permission. Please check your Netcape settings"
  This message will pop up if you did not grant privileges in Netscape.

• "Access denied - see installation directions for Card Weaver"
  This message will pop up if you accidentally called start4ns.html and IE is your (default) browser.

Option for Advanced IE Users

If you installed the software in:

C:\TheLoomyBin

the environment variable should be set as:

set CLASSPATH=C:\TheLoomyBin\bin

This line needs to go into your autoexec.bat file. If the variable CLASSPATH is already set to a different value, use the following form:

set CLASSPATH=C:\TheLoomyBin\bin;%CLASSPATH%

Reboot your system.

To call up the Card Weaver you can now double-click on start4ns.html or better, rename start4ns.html to startcw.html. You can even delete start4ie.bat.

The definition of CLASSPATH is the only reason for installing the software in C:\TheLoomyBin. You can move the folder to a different location if you set CLASSPATH accordingly.