ProTrak[TM]
ProTrak System and Installation
- System requirements
- To run ProTrak you must be running
- Win 7, 32-bit or 64-bit
- Vista
- XP
- Win NT4.0 with latest service packages
- ProTrak will run in Win95 or Win98. Some Win95 systems are now
16 years old, are quite outmoded and will need newer DLLs
- The DLL "OleAut32" must be reasonably recent. ProTrak will install a newer one if required.
- A high resolution screen (600 by 800 minimum) is required.
- ProTrak was designed to use a laser or inkjet printer
- You can adjust the fonts within ProTrak, so you can
even duplicate even hand-writing.
- We also use STAR 24-pin dot matrix printers, to give
printout that "authentic look".
- ProTrak will print to network printers, so you have total control over which printer
is used for which yard or station.
- ProTrak will print to multiple printers on the same
railroad.
- ProTrak will run on a Pentium 133 MHz machine. Users are using from Pentium
133MHz to 3.4 GHz machines. We are using 800MHz to 3.4 GHz machines,
networked.
- ProTrak, presently, will run in 32 Megs of memory, however more memory is recommended.
- Bottom line: Use a reliable, quality, machine that you would
use for work purposes.
- ProTrak programming language
- ProTrak is written in VB6, SP6. (Visual Basic 6, Service Pack
6)
- ProTrak is 100% a 32-bit application.
- ProTrak is compiled to native code (C++), and is
optimized for speed.
- Installation help
- Windows 7 Error, for example at Transportation/Today's
Operating Conditions
- Occurs because the DLL "msstdfmt" was present on your computer but not registered before ProTrak was installed
- See Doug Seymour's Guide to
Registering MSSTDFMT
- "OleAut32.dll in use"
message during pre-installation
- Answer "No".
- Proceed with installation.
- Error 713 message while using ProTrak (XP,
Win 98, Win 95)
- Occurs because the DLL "msstdfmt" was present on your computer but not registered before ProTrak was installed
- Occurs on about 1 in 15 computers running Win95 or Win98.
- Occurs at "Transportation: Today's Operating Conditions"
- Fix forces registration of DLL on your system
- Fix can be done at any time, without purchasing any other software or upgrades
- Fix is:
- Open a DOS window.
- type cd system which switches you to the "\windows\system" directory
- Type regsvr32 msstdfmt.dll
- Close DOS window.
- MSCOMCTRL missing
- this control is missing from Vista and recent XP
install CDs
- this control is included on your ProTrak CD.
Copy it into your System32 folder and register it as above.