Welcome to Ox, version 8.0
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There are two versions of Ox:
[A] Ox Console with OxEdit as front end
[B] Ox Professional with OxMetrics as front end
	and OxRun and OxPack helper programs.

Installation is through running the relevant setup programs for each
supported platform (Windows, maxOS, Linux).


Setup program for Windows 10/8/7
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The setup will automatically install 64-bit software on 64-bit Windows
and 32-bit on 32-bit Windows. The 32-but runtime for Ox is also installed
on 64-bit Windows in case it is needed with 32-bit Excel.

The setup program will NOT set OX8PATH and NOT update the path
statement. The former is not normally necessary because a default
is used. The latter can be done by the user if so desired.
*** If you have an old version of Ox, and install the new Ox
into another directory, you have to ensure that it is not the
old version which is run because of your PATH statement. ***
    

Some important notes:
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- Ox Professional works with OxMetrics 8.
  A registration code is required to install and use OxMetrics. 
- If you alread have an old Ox installed, and install the new
  version in another folder, the old path must be removed from
  the PATH statement.
- The installation program requires elevated access to complete. 


Completing the basic installation
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After installation you can run Ox programs from	OxEdit. To run Ox in
a Command prompt (or Powershell) window you need to add the
C:\Program Files\ox\bin64 (or bin for 32-bit) to the PATH statement.

You do NOT need to set the OXPATH8 environment variable, because
the Ox default corresponds to it set to, for Ox Console:

    set OX8PATH="C:\Program Files\OxEdit8\ox\include;C:\Program Files\OxEdit8\ox"

and for Ox Professional:

    set OX8PATH="C:\Program Files\OxMetrics8\ox\include;C:\Program Files\OxMetrics8\ox"

However, if you have additional folders in which you want Ox to
search, you have to use the above statement with the additional
folders appended. 


Upgrades
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Upgrades are available from
       http://www.doornik.com/download.html


Getting started
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Load \ox\doc\index.html in your Web browser.


Comments
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The first stop for support is the Ox users list.
    

Jurgen A Doornik, Nuffield College


NO WARRANTY WHATSOEVER IS GIVEN FOR THESE PROGRAMS.
YOU USE THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK!
All company and product names referred to in this documentation
are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their associated
companies. 


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Registry
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The Console executables do not use the registry (they use
the OX8PATH environment variable).
OxRun and OxDebug automatically register themselves when run.

The entries in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT are for file types:
    .ox        (points to OxFile entry)
    OxFile     (Ox source code files)
All persistent data is stored in HKEY_CURRENT_USER under
Software\OxMetrics8.