95.04.24 Borehole Log (Geophysical and Geological) Viewing Program ========================================================= provided by: +-----------------------------+ | Borehole Geophysics Section | | Mineral Resources Division | | Geological Survey of Canada | +-----------------------------+ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Licence Agreement | | ----------------- | | The LogView application supplied is under Crown copyright. | | It is supplied on the understanding that it is for the sole use | | of the purchaser and is not to be distributed in any form to third | | parties. In acknowledging receipt of the data, the purchaser | | undertakes to abide by the foregoing legal requirements implicit in | | the purchase. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Description of LogView: ----------------------- LogView is a Windows 3.1 application which allows you to view, print and zoom/pan on borehole logs and associated lithology. The software was originally created to provide presentation quality colour and black and white screen and hardcopy output for combinations of logs generated from a series of GSC logging probes. The data file formats (detailed in the on-line help) and software allow logging parameters with different depth intervals to be plotted beside one another. Logs of data can be stretched, compressed, depth shifted and smoothed for display and a limited amount of annotation can be added to enhance the presentation. LogView creates 'log display list' (.LDL) files, that allow attributes for a specific layout of logs to be saved for future use and revision. LogView is distributed as GSC Open File 3055. Diskette Contents & Format: --------------------------- The accompanying diskette is in DOS format and contains the following: README.1ST this file ZLOGVIEW.EXE self-extracting file The self-extracting executable file was created with the LHARC file compression/archive utility (version 2.1.3), and contains the following files: README.1ST this file LICENCE.GSC software licence LOGVIEW.EXE windows viewing program LogView LOGVIEW.HLP windows on-line help file for LogView LOGVIEW.LLL sample lithology lookup file LOGVIEW.PAT sample pattern code lookup file SYSTEM directory with file CTL3DV2.DLL which is to be installed in your ...\windows\system directory SAMPLE directory of sample data files Installing LogView: ------------------- Copying the LogView Files to your Hard Disk: -------------------------------------------- The installation procedure requires you to copy the self-extracting file to the directory of your choice on your hard disk, and then to run the self-extracting file. For example: c:\> md logview (make a LogView sub-directory) c:\> cd logview (go into sub-directory) c:\logview> copy a:zlogview.exe (copy file from diskette) c:\logview> zlogview.exe (unpack the files) c:\logview> del zlogview.exe (delete the self-extracting file) CTL3DV2.DLL Installation: ------------------------- You also need to install SYSTEM\CTL3DV2.DLL in your ...\windows\system directory, but ONLY if this supplied version is NEWER than the version you have already (if any). +--------------------------------------------------------+ | Do NOT use the DOS COPY command to install CTL3DV2.DLL | | because it may over-write a newer version with an older| | version! | +--------------------------------------------------------+ Use the Windows File Manager to drag CTL3DV2.DLL and drop it into the ...\windows\system directory. If the file exists, File Manager will show you the date, time and size of both files and ask you to confirm the file replacement. Cancel the operation if the supplied CTL3DV2.DLL is older than the existing version. If you get an error message when you run LogView: "This application uses CTL3DV2.DLL which has not been correctly installed" ensure that you have only a single copy of CTL3DV2.DLL and that it is located in the ...\windows\system directory. No other installation is necessary in order to run LogView. Using the Sample Data: ---------------------- Sample logs, lithology and annotation files are included. Sample .LDL files are also provided so that you can open a layout that uses the sample data, before you experiment with creating your own layouts of this data. If you want to use the supplied .LDL files, please note the following: LogView assumes that you choose a printer/paper size first, and saves this information in the .LDL file. The sample .LDL files DEMOCO.LDL, which produces colour output, and DEMOBW.LDL, which produces black and white output assume a HP PaintJet XL printer, and an 8 1/2 x 11 inch page, in portrait orientation. To view the logs on the screen, choose the above combinations under File | Change Paper in LogView. You will need to use colour table A for DEMOCO.LDL and colour table C for DEMOBW.LDL. If you want to print the files on a different printer, choose your own printer, but you may have to edit the layout in LogView, as sizes of available printing area differs with printers. Running Logview: ---------------- You can run logView directly from Program Manager's File | Run menu or you can add LogView as an icon to a new or existing program group. (Program Manager | File | New | Program group to add a new group) (Program Manager | File | New | Program item to add LogView to an existing group) Refer to your Windows manual for further details. Notes on Files Used/Created by LogView: --------------------------------------- LogView uses the filename extension to determine the type of file that it is to read. For input files, the first character of the extension is A for ASCII and B for binary. The second character of the extension determines the type of data (eg. data pairs, lithology, etc.) that the file contains. The extension .LAN is used for annotation files. For descriptions of the various data file, lithology and lookup file formats, and for details on use of the annotation files and the log display list files, refer to LogView's on-line help. LogView creates a LOGVIEW.INI file in your ...\windows directory. In this file, LogView stores some of the options that you have chosen, and the pathnames to the lithology and pattern code lookup tables. This is an ASCII file and can be edited. Further Assistance ------------------ Do not hesitate to contact us if you require assistance installing the software. We would also appreciate feedback with comments or suggestions about LogView. However, please remember that this software was written for our requirements and we have released it as a GSC Open File to make it available at minimal cost, for others who might find it useful. Please do not expect the support that you would receive from an expensive software package. Barbara Elliott Borehole Geophysics Section Mineral Resources Division Geological Survey of Canada 601 Booth St., Room 568, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8 Phone: (613) 992-4303 FAX: (613) 996-9295 Internet: belliott@gsc.emr.ca