Omni Systems, Inc. Mif2Go User's Guide, Version 55

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## 1.2 What you need to have

To use Mif2Go your computer system should be equipped as follows:

• Windows: 2000, XP, Vista, or 7

• Intel-compatible Pentium-level processor

• 1+ GB memory recommended

In addition to Mif2Go, you will need at least some of the following software:

Adobe FrameMaker

Text editor

File comparison tool (optional)

Archiving tool

Ancillary tools for Help output.

Adobe FrameMaker

You will need Adobe FrameMaker version 5.5.6 or a later version. Mif2Go supports FrameMaker versions 9 and 10, with the following exceptions:

• Books containing books are not supported; nested books are ignored.

• Non-FrameMaker files in books are not supported; such files are ignored.

Text editor

To work with configuration files you will need a text editor, such as Notepad, that uses ANSI or UTF-8 encoding; do not use UTF-16.

File comparison tool (optional)

If you modify any of the local configuration files provided with your Mif2Go distribution, you might find it helpful to have a file comparison tool such as WinMerge; see §1.3.8 Obtain a file comparison tool (optional).

Archiving tool

To have Mif2Go automatically archive the output from your conversion projects for safe storage or for distribution, you will need an archiving program that can be run from a Windows command line, such as WinZip (via wzzip) or PKZip.

Ancillary tools for Help output

If you intend to generate on-line Help, you will need one or more of the following tools; see §1.3.5 Obtain tools for Help systems or eBooks:

WinHelp | Microsoft Help Workshop (no longer available) and viewer
HTML Help | Microsoft HTML Help Workshop
JavaHelp | Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JavaHelp software
Oracle Help for Java | Oracle Help for Java Developer’s Kit 2.0
Eclipse Help | Java Runtime Environment (JRE), Eclipse Platform

To produce Asian code-page output, such as for HTML Help in Japanese, you will also need two enormous ICU DLLs: icudt40.dll (13MB) and icuuc40.dll (1MB). These DLLs are available in archive icu401.zip (6 MB), which you can download from the Omni Systems Web site. These DLLs are not needed for RTF output.