2.1. Configuration

Since version 2.5, there is no further installation required for Windows. Just download the archive, extract it and launch the UncertRadio.exe executable, located in the /bin directory.

2.1.1. Configuration file:

The UR2_cfg.dat file found in the /share/UncertRadio is copied at first start to the users local data directory. On Windows this can be found allows some simple adjustments:

UncertRadio configuration
keyword
Explanation

[Path]

path section indicator
log_path=
contains all log_files, needs to be
writable, can be ‘current’ for the
current work directory (linux) or
the path to the UR binary (windows)
results_path=
contains all results_files,
must be writable & can be ‘current’

[Local]

Localisation settings
Decimal_point=
set the desired decimal point
(possible values: “,”, “.”)
List_separator=;
The character of the list separator
in csv files
(possible values: “;”, “:”)
Language=DE
Language of UncertRadio
(possible values: DE, EN, FR)
ContrastMode=F
The contrast mode can be activated
(possible values: F, T)

2.1.1.1. Country specific parameters

The parameters found in the configuration file UR2_cfg.dat under the item [Local] may be defined as follows.

  1. one may omit the parameter values following the “=” character:

    Decimal_point=

    List_separator=

    Language=

    From this, the values for the decimal point character and the list separator character (for CSV files) are selected:

    DE or FR: comma as decimal point; semicolon as list separator character

    EN: point as decimal point; comma as list separator character

    note: The language which can be selected in the main menu - Options is only temporarily used, i.e., only within the actual program run.

  2. If other specifications are desired, their parameter values can be inserted directly after the “=”-sign in the configuration file. It may be sufficient to insert explicitly only the desired list separator character:

    List_separator=;

  3. The language can also be selected in the dialog of the menu item “Options – Pre-settings” after the program has already been started (but only temporarily; see above). From the language defined there, the characters for decimal point and list separator are determined in the way as described above under a). Additionally, the list separator character can there be selected there explicitly.

  4. For a graphical presentation the decimal point character is determined by the language shortcut DE, EN or FR

2.1.1.2. Choosing the language

The user of UncertRadio can be guided by the program through its various dialogs in the three language. The user can choose between German, English and French. This is controlled via the entry ‘language=’ in the above-mentioned configuration file UR2_cfg.dat, which is read at every program start. The parameter values are:

  • DE for German,

  • EN for English,

  • FR for French.

The language can be switched within the running program with using the dialog “Menu – Options – Pre-settings”. Since Version 2.3.07, this includes also those “GTK stock buttons”, labelled by an icon and text, which previously were translated only after a new program start. This has been achieved by converting all “stock buttons” into normal buttons; the form of the button icons changed, but only slightly. For the more complex GTK file chooser dialog, most items are translated, but not all.

2.1.2. Font and fontsize

UR allows to change the font type and size. The settings are stored in the Settings.ini file:

[Settings]
gtk-theme-name=Adwaita
gtk-theme-name = Adwaita
gtk-font-name = Segoe UI, Adwaita Sans, Sans 11

Note that the strings to the left of the = characters must not be modified. On starting the UR program the Settings.ini file is loaded. This file shall be part of the UncertRadio.exe path.

2.1.3. Linking project files (.txp) to UncertRadio.exe

Linking the file type .txp to UncertRadio.exe, can be established as follows in Windows:

  • highlight a txp file, click by the left mouse button “open with” and select “other app”

  • set the check mark and click on “further Apps”

  • scroll down the list of recommended applications

  • click on “search another App on this PC”

  • select the Uncertradio.exe

With the next double click on the txp filename the program should start successfully.

2.1.4. Excel-controlled processing of UncertRadio

The Excel file UR2_SingleAutoRun_V12.xlsm has changed compared to that file used by the previous version by extending the filenames to always include the complete path. A further evaluation button “Start (autosep)” was added; see Section 3.2. The Excel file can be used in the 32-bit as well as the 64-bit versions of MS Office/Excel; see the notes in the introduction part of the VBA module (Modul_Auto_single_UR) within the Excel file.

The VBA module of the Excel file now interprets an UncertRadio exit code which has been introduced with version 2.2.03. An exit code equal to 3 (error occurred during the UncertRadio run) leads to an abortion of the running VBA module.