

WELCOME to the GasLit 2010 literature databank for gasification technologies.
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Please read the following notes before using the Access version of GasLit 2009.


Background
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GasLit was originally developed as a means of organizing literature references 
while writing the book, "Gasification" in 2003.  
In the meantime the number of literature references has grown significantly 
(to over 2500) and the functionality has also been extended.  It was 
originally written for use with Access 97 on a Windows XP computer.  In the 
meantime many users may have Access 2007 on the Vista or Windows 7 operating system.

Apart from the new content the main new feature of GasLit 2010 compared with GasLit 
2009 is the ability to use hyperlinks to access the actual documents in your 
computer.  For details see below.

Data content
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GasLit 2010 has been extended to include various conference papers and other 
documents up until the end of 2010.

Database structure
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The database structure of the original GasLit has largely been retained.  The 
one change is that originally only one technology could be linked to a document.  
Since GasLit 2009 it has been possible to link multiple technologies to a single 
document.  For new entries this has been taken advantage of.  Old entries have not 
been updated in this respect.

User interface
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The user interface when using GasLit 2010 with Access 2000 has remained 
essentailly unchanged.  On starting, the programme automatically hides the 
Access interface and substitutes its own menu.

Starting GasLit 2010 in Vista with Access 2007
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GasLit 2010 makes use of Access macros.  On opening GasLit 2009 in Vista or 
Windows 7, there is an automatic security warning. 
Close the 'Action failed' window, which states that the macro 'AutoExec' 
has failed.  Open the Security warning 'Options...' window.  Select 'Enable 
this content' and click 'OK' for a single application.  Alternatively register 
GasLit 2010 in the Vista trust center by clicking on the Open the Trust Center 
hyperlink in the 'Options ...' window for a permanent solution.

Note that hiding the Access interface as in Access 2000 is not effective in 
Access 2007.  The GasLit menu is accessible through the menu register 'Add-Ins'.

Help File
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Note that the help file is in the older .hlp format, which is not supported 
by Vista.  In order to make use of  the .hlp file with Vista, use the download 
provided by Microsoft.

Hyperlinks
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GasLit 2010 has upgraded the File field for conference papers to be able to 
access the (mostly .pdf) files, which you may have in your compmuter.  In 
implementing his feature it has been extended to be able to include other 
document classes.  To make this feature work, it is necessary to store the 
files in a specific structure within your system.  The location within your system 
can be freely selected and specified using the Option menu item.  Typically this 
might be "D:\...\Literature".  This can be entered via the menu item Tools/Options.

The file organisation structure below this level must conform to specific guidelines 
to allow correct hyperlink definition.  The structure is as follows:

	D:\...\Literature\Class\Series\Conference\File.pdf.
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Class may be any of the document classes defined in the database (e.g. "Conference 
	paper").
Series is as defined for any individual conference series (e.g. GTC, PCC or IChemE).
Conference is the conference abbreviation used in the database (e.g. GTC 2010)
File.pdf is the file name used in the database, which in general is the same as that 
	used on the CD-ROM provided to conference attendees. At the File level 
	additional subdirectories may be included - e.g. a File may be
	Presentations\file.pdf.
NOTE: To use the hyperlinks, it may be necessary to first press the Edit button.

Hyperlinks have been included for all GTC conferences since 1998, Freiberg conferences 
for 2005, 2007, 2009 and the Pittsburg Coal Conference 2008.


Bugs
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Note that when adding an author there can be problem if the author field in 
the main form has not been left properly.  While the problem is not fatal, 
it can be of considerable nuisance value.  Leaving the author field in the 
main form is performed by pressing ESC twice.  It is hoped that this bug will 
be eliminated for GasLit 2011.

Adding documents
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Note that in all the forms for adding different types of documents to the 
database, only one of three completion buttons is available - that which adds 
the new document to the data base and closes the form.  

It is planned to be able to add the new document and start adding the next 
document without closing the form.  It should also in future br possible to 
cancel an entry that has been started.  The buttons for these two actions are 
currently disabled.

Note that if a new paper has been added using the menu item Add/Documents/Conference 
paper, then the full path for the hyperlink is not automatically added.  If required 
this must be performed using the Tools/Options Set Path menu command.

Author affiliation
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The current database design only provides for a single affiliation for each 
author.  This has the result that the affiliation shown on later papers may 
still be that entered for that author's first paper.  The new affilliation is 
generally noted in the remarks field.  For GasLit 2011 it is planned to allow 
multiple affiliations for a single author.  This will have the additional 
side-effect of being able to search by the affiliation field as well.

Path for Hyperlinks
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The new hyperlinks feature requires that the path to the Litereature folder 
of your computer be set, which is performed via the Tools/Options menu item.  This 
action must be performed twice to be effective.  (A remark is made on the 
Options form to remind you of this.)


I hope that you will find GasLit 2010 a useful tool in your work.
Chris Higman

