GenInfo.exe is a self-extracting archive of the spreadsheet for use in meeting the information requirements of the Health Service Medicines (Information on the Prices of Specified Generic Medicines) Regulations 2001.  It also contains information for product licence holders and wholesalers which may be viewed either in Word ^(tm) or through the guidance section of the spreadsheet.

The file has been scanned for viruses known at 20th December 2001.

I nstallation

Clicking on GenInfo.exe will offer you the opportunity to run the program from this website or to download the file to your local computer.  If you choose to run the program from here then you will asked where the files should be placed as in the dialogue box below.

In the example below I:\My Documents has been chosen.

 

After Clicking on " U nzip" you should receive the following message.

The three files are as shown below.  GenInfo.xls is an Excel ^(tm) spreadsheet which will run under Excel97 and later.  GenInfoGuidancePL.rtf and GenInfoGuidanceWH.rtf are help files used by GenInfo.xls, but may be viewed using most word processors.

The next stage is to open GenInfo.xls with Excel

If you have macro virus protection installed you will receive this message:

GenInfo.xls contains macros which control its appearance and behaviour.  It will only operate fully with macros enabled.  However if you wish to assure yourself that there are no unwanted side effects arising from these macros, you may disable the macros and examine the underlying code which has been left visible deliberately.

Once GenInfo.xls has been loaded with the macros enabled, you should read the guidance notes for Product Licence Holders and Wholesalers before filling in the relevant details.