Balancer Download Page
Supported Systems: Windows XP/Me/98/2000/NT with Internet Explorer version 5.01 or later
N.B.
In order to run Balancer, (whether unregistered free trial or registered
version), you must have the .NET framework (version 1.1)
runtime
environment installed on your computer. The .NET environment is used by an increasing number of applications, and installation
only
needs to be done once to enable all .NET software to run.
Recent versions of Windows XP etc. usually come with .NET included. You might
already have .NET on your computer anyway, e.g. from a Windows upgrade or if you have VisualStudio.NET installed.
If you are not using Windows XP you also need Windows Installer version
2.0.
Installation Steps
There
are three steps for installation. Steps 1 and 2 may not be required, step 3 is
essential, to download the Balancer setup program.
There
is no charge for any of these.
Step 1: Install the .NET runtime environment on your computer,
if it is not already present, by downloading from the Microsoft website
If you are not sure if
.NET is installed, don't worry. When you install Balancer and try to run it it will warn you if it is not present.
Step 2: (for non-XP systems) Install Windows Installer on
your computer, if not already present, by downloading from the Microsoft
website
If
your are using a Windows XP system, step 2 is not necessary.
Step 3: Download the self-extracting Balancer zip file,
double click to extract the files, and run Balancer_setup.exe to install Balancer
Step 1: .NET environment redistributable
installation (version 1,1 or higher)
If
you do not already have the .NET version 1.1 runtime environment on your
computer, download the latest version of dotnetfx.exe free from the
Microsoft
downloads website - to install the .NET framework click on
and
follow the instructions given. Unfortunately Microsoft corporation, in their
wisdom, have made this a large file (23 Mb) so if you only have
a
dialup connection this may take some time, depending on your modem speed.
Please be patient!
Step 2: Windows Installer redistributable
installation (version 2.0 or higher, will already be present if XP system)
Windows
Installer version 2.0 is used for installation of Balancer. This is included
with XP, but is not automatically present on other systems.
To
install Windows Installer for Windows 95, 98, Me click on
To
install Windows Installer for Windows NT4, 2000 click on
Step 3: Balancer installation
Download
the self-extracting zip file Balancer_zipped.exe. to your computer
by clicking on Balancer_zipped.exe
When
you have downloaded it to a directory of your choosing, double click it to
extract the files, then double click on Balancer_setup.exe to start the
installation
process, following the instructions given. The Balancer icon 
will automatically be added to your desktop.
Any previous
version of BALANCER (e.g. v1.0) should be automatically uninstalled during this process. If this does not happen
use Control Panel Add/Remove Programs to uninstall it and run Balancer_Setup again.
About the unregistered (free
trial) version of Balancer
When you run Balancer, if you have
not registered the initial screen prompts for a registration code and username.
Your registration code and
username will be emailed to you as soon as possible when payment has been made to register Balancer. To run the
unregistered version simply
hit the ‘continue’ button. The unregistered version has no expiry date, and has all the features of the registered
version, with the restriction that
only equations containing up to 4 different elements and up to 4 terms can be balanced. For example, the equation
CuO + HCl = CuCl2 + H2O
can be balanced, as it contains 4 different elements (Cu, O, H, Cl) but
the equation
CuCl2 + NaOH = Cu(OH)2+ NaCl
cannot be balanced as it contains 5 different elements (Cu, Cl, Na, O,
H)