Installation

To install from the Internet, download the Mac OS X distribution from http://www.smithandtinkers.com/balloonist

You should be presented with a Finder window containing the Balloonist application. With some web browsers, you may first need to double-click the downloaded archive file, which will have a name like balloonist-1.00.dmg.

Finally, drag the Balloonist application icon to your Applications folder. You should now be able to run Balloonist from your Application folder by double-clicking on it.

To install from the Internet, download the Windows distribution from http://www.smithandtinkers.com/balloonist

Balloonist for Windows comes packaged as a zip archive. Windows XP is able to handle zip archives natively, but earlier versions of Windows may require additional archive management software like WinZip (http://www.winzip.com).

Copy your unpacked Balloonist distribution to the Program Files directory on your computer using Windows Explorer. This will typically be located on your c: drive. You should be able to run Balloonist from here by double-clicking on its application icon, which will be labeled Balloonist.exe.

If, after double-clicking, you are presented with a toolbar and workspace, then your installation is complete and you may advance to the next section.

If, on the other hand, you receive an alert dialogue, you may need to install additional software. Balloonist requires the Java Runtime Environment to operate. This is generally but not systematically provided with the Windows operating system.

If you receive a message that Java needs to be installed or "Could not find the main class", dismiss the dialogue, visit http://www.java.com and follow the instructions there for downloading a version 1.4 or 5.0 Java Runtime Environment.