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An archive of the code (and recent worksheets) in the Share Library is contained in the 3 files maple.lib, maple.hdb & maple.ind.

1. Install the Share Library Archive Files
Check you have the three Share Archive files in the 'Share' subdirectory of your main Maple V directory. Note: You may need to first create the 'Share' subdirectory.

2. Make the Share Library Accessible
      with(share):
assigns the Maple variable 'sharename', changes the definition of 'libname' to include a path to the Share directory, and enables you to access help for the Share Library.

3. Check the Contents and the Share Entry's Type
    ?share,contents gives help on all Share Library contents.
    ?entry_name or ?share[entry_name] give help for 'entry_name'.
Using one of the above, or this web site, check the ' entry type ' of the individual entry (ie is it code, worksheet(s) and/or documents?).

4. Using Share Entries from the Archived Share Library
Note: Different types of Share Entry are used in different ways as described below:
    A. Using Worksheets from the Share Library
Share entry worksheets are normally found in the relevant subdirectories in 'Share'. Alternatively for Maple V Release 5, they can be accessed using ?share[entry_name, worksheetname_mws]; (Notice the '_mws' rather than '.mws' in filename). For example ?share[fourier, fourier_mws]; opens a worksheet which animates the convergence of a fourier series. This can then be saved in the 'normal' worksheet format, fourier.mws, by the user. For earlier Maple V versions, you will need to open worksheets from the *.mws files in the Share subdirectory 'entry_name'.

    B. Using Code from the Archived Share Library
To use Maple code in the archived Share library you need to execute the following command in your Maple V session.
    with(entry_name);

    C. Accessing other File Types from Share
It is not possible to access some file types such as TeX documents from the archived Share Library. For example to read or print the linear algebra course in 'Hill' the user should use the *.tex and any style files in the 'Share/hill' subdirectory. Documents such as TeX files cannot be opened in Maple V.

Note: Waterloo Maple does NOT provide technical support for Share Library code.

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