Installation & Setup
Installation
DRAINS has worked on PCs running the Microsoft Windows operating systems from Windows 95 to Windows 11+. It can be installed on any PC by clicking on the icon for the self-extracting file Drains64Setup.exe and following the instructions in the ...
Hardware lock
Known colloquially as a 'dongle', this is a security device that plugs into the USB port of a PC, enabling the user to gain full access to a proprietary program. The demonstration version of DRAINS cannot be used for more than a five pipes and ...
The DRAINS Viewer
The free viewer allows anyone to open DRAINS files and inspect the model structure and inputs. If a DRAINS .drn file contains stored results, these can also be viewed, and exported to spreadsheets. The Viewer operates in the same way as DRAINS, but ...
DRAINS Viewer installation and operation
The DRAINS Viewer can be installed on a Microsoft Windows PC using the 'DrainsViewerSetup.exe' file obtainable from Watercom. Once installed, the Viewer can be opened from the Start menu by selecting Programs and then DrainsViewer. The Main Window ...