Introduction

Thank you for your interest in the MathML Equation Editor!

The following paragraphs include responses to frequently asked questions regarding the editor. For support with equation editor issues not covered by the following information, please send mail to:

What operating systems are supported?

The MathML Equation Editor is available as a standalone application edition for Microsoft Windows, and as an ActiveX control component edition, also for Microsoft Windows.

What browsers are supported?

The MathML Equation Editor is designed to operate as an ActiveX control within Microsoft Internet Explorer or other ActiveX control containers.

What special characters are supported?

The MathML Equation Editor supports documents written in MathML.

The MathML markup language provides support for special characters within its markup definition. For example, please see the documentation for Unicode character entities in MathML for additional details on how to produce special character entities using the equation editor.

What am I allowed to do with an individual license?

The MathML Equation Editor is sponsored freeware. As an individual user, you may download and install, free of charge, one copy of the editor for your own personal use. You may not redistribute the editor to others, nor may you distribute commerical products that use or incorporate the editor, without obtaining an appropriate site license or commercial license.

Under what circumstances must I obtain a commercial license?

A commercial license allows you to redistribute techexplorer and/or the MathML Equation Editor in conjunction with a commercial product under the terms of a Commercial License Agreement. Please note: If you sell a product that requires the use of techexplorer or the MathML Equation Editor, you must obtain a Commercial License Agreement even if you do not actually redistribute either of these products.

Why are there two versions of the MathML Equation Editor?

The MathML Equation Editor was originally implemented in C++, and released as stand-alone Windows application and as an ActiveX control component. The use of ActiveX technologies, including the techexplorer Hypermedia Browser ActiveX control, for both the MathML rendering and editing support restricts this product to the Windows platform.

How can I verify that the installation file has downloaded sucessfully?

There are at least two ways to verify that the installation file has downloaded sucessfully. First, you can check that the size of the file you have received matches the size of the original file you are trying to download.

Second, if you have access to a program like 'md5sum' that computes a checksum for a file, you can compare the checksum on the file you have received against the checksum on the original file you are trying to download.

Here are the file size and MD5 checksum for the installation file for the MathML Equation Editor:

You can use these numbers to verify that the installation file has been downloaded successfully.