CGMS User Interface
Installation CGMS
The installation of the software is quite simple. Run the set-up executable and two files are copied to selected installation directory.
- cgms.exe (CGMS version 9.2 executable)
- cgmsbat.exe (CGMS yield forecast module executable)
- cgmsbulk.dll (A Fortran library for the bulk calculations of CGMS level 3)
- dforrt.dll (this is a Fortran Visual Studio library. The CMGS installation program installs it only in case it does not exist or when it is newer than an existing one. If you do not have Fortran on your PC you may delete this library if you want CGMS removed from your system)
In addition three sub directories are created:
- Database (with a small MS Access database example)
- Logs (used to write log files of yield forecast module)
- Queries (queries used to perform the yield forecast)
- Doc (user manual)
- SourceCode (source code of CGMS version 9.2)
You only need to work with the CGMS version 9.2 executable. To test the new software one MSAccess database has been created. The database describes a simple example. To test and learn CGMS it is adviced to use the MSAccess database called “CGMS_92.mdb”. Before starting CGMS you must first create a new data source for this small database:
- go to control panel/administrative tools/odbc;
- select tab "system dsn";
- select MS Access driver;
- enter a string to define the data source name for instance CGMS_9_2;
- select the right the database (“CGMS_9_2.mdb”).
After the crop growth simulation CGMS writes detailed information to a log file on a temporary directory (directory is defined in your TMP system variable).
CGMS can also be run in batch mode in stead of operated through the user interface (see Appendix A).
