                   CONTENTS
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ABOUT REAL WEATHER PILOT
BRIEFING
MAIN WINDOW
RADAR
CHALLENGES
SITUATION/MODE SELECT
SETUP
USER NOTES
USING HELP
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ABOUT REAL WEATHER PILOT


               Software by TekMate
                 15307 Parkville
               Houston, Texas 77068


           Published by Mallard Software
                 3207 Justin Road
            Flower Mound, Texas 75028

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BRIEFING

   Screen Elements
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Scroll Window - Scroll through and read the
                briefings you have downloaded 
                from DUATS. Use vertical scroll
                bar or cursor keys.

   Command Buttons
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
╔═══════════╗
║   PRINT   ║
╚═══════════╝
Prints a hardcopy of the weather briefing package 
to your printer if installed and running.
Displays the RWP generated WEATHER ATIS message
at the end of the briefing report.

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║   CLOSE   ║
╚═══════════╝
Closes the "Briefing" window and returns to the 
RWP MAIN window.

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MAIN WINDOW

  Menu Bar
  ~~~~~~~~
FILES - Opens the FILES dropdown menu.

SETUP - Opens the SETUP window.

AIRPORTS - Opens the AIRPORTS dropdown menu.

DYNAMICS - Opens the MODE/SITUATION EDITOR window.

HELP - Opens the HELP window and displays this file.

  Screen Elements
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hi-Lited Airport - Displays airport information 
        for the airport which is currently hi-lited
        in one of the Airport Selector boxes. This 
        airport does not become "selected" until 
        the Enter button is pressed or you 
        double click. 
                    
Selected Airport  - Displays the city and state for 
        the airport which is currently selected.

Airport Selector -  Select departure and destination 
        airports as required. RWP will retrieve
        reports for these airports and build a
        briefing based on this data.

Flight Area - Click on Local or X-Ctry to indicate 
        the type of flight you will be doing.

Report Selector - Click the check boxes to indicate 
        what types of reports you require. These 
        reports will be down loaded from DUATS for 
        the airports you have selected.

Local - Displays the local time as taken from your 
        computer's internal clock.

UTC   - Displays Universal Coordinated Time. 
        RWP calculates this time by adjusting
        Local time according to Time Zone and 
        Daylight Saving Time settings.

  Command Buttons
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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║ DIAL DUAT ║
╚═══════════╝
Logs onto DUATS and retrieves selected weather 
reports for selected airports.
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║  BRIEFING ║
╚═══════════╝
Opens the BRIEFING window, where you can review the 
latest weather reports for the selected airport.
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║ GO FLYING ║
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Opens the MODE/SITUATION EDITOR window, where you 
will specify additional information required in 
order to update Flight Simulator settings. Once the
necessary information has been entered in the MODE/
SITUATION WINDOW or the CHALLENGING WEATHER flights,
Flight Simulator will load using current real time 
weather or random weather settings.
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║   SEARCH  ║
╚═══════════╝
Opens the search criteria box into which you enter 
a search string to locate an airport or airport 
designator.
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║   RADAR   ║
╚═══════════╝
Opens the RADAR commands window.
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║    EXIT   ║
╚═══════════╝
Ends your RWP session.

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RADAR
   
   Screen Elements
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   No elements other than Command Buttons are 
   available in this window.

   Command Buttons
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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║   DOWNLOAD CURRENT RADAR IMAGE   ║
╚══════════════════════════════════╝
Dials DUAT and downloads the latest available
radar image for the continental United States.
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║      VIEW LAST IMAGE RECEIVED    ║
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Loads the radar image viewer and displays the
most recent radar image currently on file.
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║      ANIMATE LAST TEN IMAGES     ║
╚══════════════════════════════════╝
Loads the radar image viewer and displays the
ten most recent radar images currently on file
in chronological order. 
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║   RESET   ║
╚═══════════╝
Deletes radar images 1-to-10 and re-numbers any
existing or subsequent images, thus producing a
new animation sequence.
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║   CLOSE   ║
╚═══════════╝
Closes the radar commands window and returns
to the RWP MAIN window.

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CHALLENGES
   
   Screen Elements
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
Flight Difficulty - Resets the flight difficulty
        setting when you shell to Flt Sim.

Weather Conditions - Selects a range of weather
        conditions upon which random weather will
        be based.

Time of Day - Resets the time of day setting when
        you shell to Flt Sim.

Season - Resets the season setting when you shell
        to Flt Sim.

   Command Buttons
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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║      CHALLENGE RANDOM WEATHER    ║
╚══════════════════════════════════╝
Uses the flight simulator dynamic weather option to
generate random conditions based on criteria which 
you specify using RWP. When this command button
is clicked the Flight Simulator program will load, 
and all of the RWP options will be preset to test
your cunning and skill.
╔═══════════╗
║   CLOSE   ║
╚═══════════╝
Closes the Random Weather Editor and returns to the 
RWP MAIN window without taking into account any
changes you may have just made.

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SITUATION/MODE SELECT
   
   Screen Elements
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Location - Use this option box to specify where 
        you wish to be when you shell to Flt Sim. 
        If you choose "Situation" you will begin 
        at the location specified in the Situation 
        File. If you select "Airport" you will 
        begin at the airport which is currently 
        "selected" in the RWP MAIN window. If
        you select AIRPORT LIST then you can fly
        from that airport with the weather set
        to the current RWP report.

Mode/Situation Path - Use this scroll box to 
        indicate the Mode or Situation file upon 
        which you wish to base the new RWPWX
        mode or situation. Remember, original files 
        are not overwritten in any way.

Description - Shows a brief description of the 
        currently hi-lited Mode or Situation file.

   Command Buttons
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
╔═══════════╗
║    OK     ║
╚═══════════╝
Creates a modified version of the selected Mode or 
Situation file using the RWPWX filename and opens
the RANDOM WEATHER EDITOR window or prepars for
your flight.
╔═══════════╗
║   CLOSE   ║
╚═══════════╝
Closes the MODE/SITUATION SELECT window and returns
to the RWP MAIN window. The RWPWX mode or
situation file will not be modified.

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SETUP
   
   Screen Elements
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Flight Simulator - Enter details about the version 
        of Flight Simulator you are using and the 
        path where the program can be found. If you 
        run Flt Sim from a batch file, indicate the
        batch filename rather than the Flt Sim EXE 
        file. This information is used to configure 
        RWP for proper operation. See Chapter 1
        of the User's Manual for a complete 
        discussion of this subject.

Modem - Enter details about your modem in this 
        part of the SETUP window. The information 
        is used to configure RWP for proper
        operation. In most cases the default 
        settings work well. However, if you run 
        into problems, see Chapter 1 of the 
        User's Manual or check the manual that 
        came with your modem.

Time -  Indicate the time zone in which you live 
        and choose Standard or Daylight Savings 
        Time in the option boxes provided. RWP
        requires this information to correctly 
        calculate UTC. Flt Sim settings are based 
        on Local time and all weather reports are 
        based on UTC. Be sure the computer internal 
        clock is set correctly. If you are not sure 
        how to do this see your computer manual.

       
   Command Buttons
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
╔═══════════╗
║    SAVE   ║
╚═══════════╝
Saves all of the SETUP data to a configuration
file in the RWP directory.
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║    TEST   ║
╚═══════════╝
Carries out a self-test of the configuration
settings to insure proper operation of RWP.
If the Flt Sim settings do not test properly,
insure that version and path information has 
been correctly indicated.
If the modem settings do not test properly,
insure that all modem information has been 
correctly indicated. The most probable causes 
of modem errors are incorrect port settings, 
and inappropriate initialization strings.

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║   CLOSE   ║
╚═══════════╝
Closes the SETUP window and returns to the 
RWP MAIN window. Be sure to "SAVE" any
changes you have made in the SETUP window 
before you click on the CLOSE command button.

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USER NOTES

Use this area to insert personal notes and to
customize the help file. Insure that the notes
you write fit between the dashed lines and do
not extend beyond them to the right. Use your
favorite text editor and always save as a text
file.

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USING HELP

Each of the primary windows found in the RWP
program is listed alphabetically in a Table of 
Contents located at the beginning of the HELP file.
To learn more about the elements and commands found
in any window, click on the desired topic. The HELP
screen will jump to the desired section of the file
where you may scroll through a brief explanation of
all of the associated window elements and commands.
For more detailed information refer to the manual.

USER NOTES provides an area into which you may add 
help notes of your own using a text editor.


                END OF RWP.HLP
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      Flight Simulator (C) Bruce Artwick
             RWP (C)1993 TekMate
