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            Project Manager

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SurGe Project Manager (SPM) is a simple program which enables:

• to manage projects and maps in an easy and comfortable way (create a new project, modify or delete an existing project, add comments to the project or map, ...)
• to select map objects, which have to be included in the interpolation
• to select interpolation parameters
• to run SurGe for selected maps
• to edit data of map objects (using the stand-alone editor FMEW or using an editor selected by the user)
• to calculate volumes between two surfaces (using the stand-alone program VOLUME)

SPM is created as a dialog-based windows application:

The usage of SPM is quite intuitive and does not need a detailed description. Just a few points should be emphasized:

• The description of projects is saved in files with extension .PRO. The name of a project is the name of the corresponding file - that is why, in the project name you should use only characters allowed (for example characters * or ? are not allowed) for file names and the name should be unique. The project file EXAMPLES.PRO is part of the installation and contains two subproject examples (Example 1 and Example 2) related to maps in the EXAMPLES directory. If you want to create new projects from the beginning, exit SPM, delete the file EXAMPLES.PRO and start SPM again.
• Subprojects are managed according to the subproject title. This means that the subproject title must be unique (subprojects with the same title are not allowed). The same rule holds for the map title.
• The path to the subproject directory must end with the back slash character "\" and should be absolute (for example C:\surge\examples\). The project file EXAMPLES.PRO uses the relative path (.\examples\) in order to address files installed in the directory EXAMPLES.
• If a multiple line comment has to be entered, use Ctrl+Enter to start a new line. The key Enter has another function - see the next point.
• If the project, subproject or map has been changed, the main window bar indicates it with the text "[modified]". Before starting SurGe (using the button "Run SurGe") or before switching to an already existing window running SurGe, it is recommended to save the project using the button "Save Project" or by the Enter key - then SurGe will read actual map parameters immediately after a new run or after switching to an already existing window running SurGe. In this way, the user can comfortably experiment with interpolation parameters.
• If the grid size in the X direction is zero (in the Map settings), SURGEF.EXE suggests an appropriate value.
  If the grid size in the X direction is positive and the grid size in the Y direction is zero, SURGEF.EXE accepts the first value and suggests an appropriate second value.
  If both values are positive, SURGEF.EXE accepts them.
• The "Edit" button can be used for editing files containing map objects. The default editor is FMEW.EXE (see FMEW User's guide), but the "Config" button enables to enter the full path to your favorite editor.
• The button "Vol. calc" runs another the stand-alone program VOLUME.EXE for volume calculations. See VOLUME documentation.
• The last row of the SPM dialog box shows a short hint for a selected dialog item.

As for the limit of the maximum number of projects, maps in the project and maximum number of rows, there are two versions of SPM and FMEW:

	SPM		FMEW
	max. number of projects / subprojects	max. number of maps	max. number of rows
registered users	64	64	64000
unregistered users	2 / 4	4	1000