FilmStar Free VersionThe file you will download installs the Free Version of FilmStar DESIGN for 32-bit Windows. While this includes powerful evaluation and optimization facilities, the choice of indices is restricted. Since supplied values are close to actual ones and include dispersive Al and Ag, the Free Version is all that is necessary for what-if calculations and educational purposes. There is no restriction on the number of layers or on printing, saving, etc.
Please contact FTG Software if you have problems and questions. The "Corrupt installation
detected" error indicates that you
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DLS 'ActiveX component can't create object' error If you get the above error during DLS optimization, it's because math library matrix30.dll was not registered during installation. Although we don't know why this (rarely) occurs on some computers, it is easily fixed. Close DESIGN and click the Windows Start button followed by Run; then type regsvr32 c:\winfilm\matrix30.dll and click OK. You should get the following message DLLRegisterServer in c:\winfilm\matrix30.dll succeeded If FilmStar is installed in a different directory, adjust the Run statement accordingly. Please let us know if this does not fix the problem. |
Windows Vista InstallationFilmStar runs under Windows Vista, but some adjustments may be required. 1. (UNLIKELY PROBLEM) When running the setup program fsfree32.exe, you might get a warning message. You may need to specify XP compatibility mode: right-click the .exe file name in Windows Explorer and select Properties from the menu. Then Select the Compatibility tab and select Windows XP compatibility mode. If the setup program refuses to run at all, see #2 below. 2. (LIKELY PROBLEM) If you get a fatal 'Unexpected error; quitting' message box when attempting to run FilmStar, you can disable UAC (User Account Control) or (recommended) right click the link and select 'Run as administrator'. Then select Allow. The next time the program will run normally. To disable UAC, from Control Panel select User Accounts and locate the Turn User Account Control... link. Clear the UAC checkbox and reboot. Disabling UAC gets rid of annoying 'Windows needs your permission to continue' dialogs. On the other hand, you (or your IT department) might not want to disable the feature. 3. (LIKELY PROBLEM) Vista omits the WinHlp32.exe viewer for *.hlp help files (type used in FilmStar). On accessing help for the first time you are led to a Microsoft site. We've uploaded Microsoft's help installers for your convenience: 32-bit help installer (probably what you need), 64-bit help installer. If you download from the Microsoft site, note that '64' indicates the 64-bit installer and '86' the 32-bit installer. (Apparently they think everyone knows that.) |
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