Shortcuts for installing Windows versions of BJStrike:

You will first need to install the tcl/tk graphical toolkit
and then you start BJStrike by double clicking on the bjst.tcl
icon in the unzipped folder. Without the tcl/tk toolkit neither the
graphical user interface nor the uninstall application will work.

For Windows, only 32-bit versions of BJStrike is available.

1. Installing the tcl/tk toolkit.

Go to the link at:
http://www.activestate.com/activetcl/downloads    or
http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActiveTcl/
to download the latest version of "ActiveTcl". Choose the
32-bit version of the tcl/tk toolkit.

Version 8.3.4 or later of the toolkit is required for BJStrike.
Next, you execute this file and choose the default options
for the few questions that will appear.

This is a free open source graphical toolkit which is available for all
operating systems but not pre-installed in Windows.

2. Starting bjstrike

Any older version of BJStrike inclduing demo versions must be
uninstalled prior to installing a new version. Choose
"Uninstall BJStrike" from the 'Environment' menu of the main window
to uninstall an old version.

Unzip the bjstrike zip file and start the simulator by double clicking
on the 'bjst' (or bjst.tcl) icon. Do not start bjstrike.exe. This is the
core simulator binary, which gets called from the user interface (bjst).

The toolkit in (1) should automatically get invoked when bjst is started.

The very first time you start bjst, it should ask if you want to register.
Answer yes if the terms are accepted and then enter the registration PIN
code in the License information window that will show up.
For demo versions any number can be entered, for example 123.
Notice, for full versions the attached PIN code is valid for one calendar
month only. A new PIN can be obtained from the support web page if the
software is installed later.
(See: http://www.dftsimulab.com/bjstrike/support/main.html)

Next, the simulator will ask for a 'workspace' folder. Use the default
suggestion here. You are now ready to run simulations.

For testing the simulator select the "SIMULATION MENU" button from the
main window. In a second window that shows up press the "Start simulation"
button at the bottom of the window and a short simulation will run.

To test the blackjack practice mode, select the "PRACTICE" button from the
main window. In the second window that shows up, press the "Start game"
button. Notice that for demo versions, only card ranks 2,5,9,T exist.

If an incorrect PIN code was entered during the registration the simulator
will give an error message when you start a simulation and you will need to
uninstall bjstrike using the 'uninstall' application or from the 
'Environment' menu of the main window before a new PIN can be tried.