• Yes. The standard version can be used as a network version (Windows only) by following these setps:
  
  
  • Put the MPDB.exe file on a publicly accessible network drive.
  • Have your users create a shortcut to the MPDB.exe on the network drive. They should put the shortcut in a folder on their local hard drive.
  • Right-click the shortcut and click the "properties" item.
  • Go to the "shortcut" tab and paste the local path (the full path to the directory where the shortcut is) in the "Start in:" box.

• Yes. Complete references are given for all of the properties. The best way to see this is to download the demo version where all of the data for the elements are provided for free.

• Yes. This can be done in one of two ways. You can add your data yourself using the "User Material" function. This allows you to have the full functionality of the MPDB software and allows you to keep your data private. Or you can send us a copy of the data and we can add it to the database. However, you must also include a reference and the data will be available to all users of the software.

• No. There is only the one time charge. The pricing information is listed here.

• No installaion is required. The files that are used by the program are listed below. No other changes are made to your system.
  
  
  • MPDB_win.exe or MPDB_linux (this name depends on the platform)
  • TempConverter.exe or TempConverter (this name depends on the platform)
  • README.html (program README)
  • License.pdf (license)
  • MPDB.ini (text file containing user preferences)
  • user_mats.txt (text file of user materials)
  • mpdbEqn.txt (only in Windows version, text file containing equations saved by user in calculation window)

• You can set/change the directory for file and plot output in the "Options->Output..." menu item. The file name depends on the material and property that is being requested. For example for the linear expansion of Cr the data file would be called: "dl_l_Cr.txt" or "dl_l_Cr_plot.bmp". The full path and file name can be seen by holding the cursor over the checkbox labeled "write text file".

• If you select the electronic delivery option delivery is usually the same day. You will receive a link by e-mail where you can download the application.
  
  For CD-ROM orders the CD-ROM is shipped by first class or airmail within 2 days. You will also receive a link by e-mail for immediate download.

• You might get the following error on certain Linux distributions when trying to launch MPDB_linux or MPDB_linux_demo:
  
  error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
  
  If you get this error, you need to install the following library:
  
  compat-libstdc++-33.
  
  For Fedora Core, you would need to run the following command in superuser mode:
  
  yum install compat-libstdc++-33
  
  For a Debian based system, run the following command in superuser mode:
  
  apt-get install libstdc++5
  
  For other distributions of Linux/Unix, please install the compat-libstdc++-33 library as recommended by your vendor.