.First <- function(install=FALSE,write=TRUE,update=FALSE){
#  this is file  dotFirst.R from Website  .../statoed for sand version 1.4
#  if you have write permission in the R folder change write to TRUE
#  if you have sand Version 1.0,1.1 , 1.2 or 1.3 installed change update to TRUE
#  this file should be in folder where sand_1.4.zip is located
#    If write is FALSE, i.e. you DO NOT have write permission in
#    the folder where the R Program is installed CHANGE THE NEXT 
#    LINE (line 9) TO MATCH THE PATH TO THE FOLDER IN Step a
path_to <- "C:/Documents and Settings/User Name/My Documents/Myrlib"
#       NOTE the use of /  instead of \ in path_to
#
#    save this file exit Notepad and proceed with Step h
#
options(warn=-1)
if(!write) {
.libPaths(path_to) #  this is where the sand package will be installed
cat("\n Packages will be installed in \n",path_to,"\n")
}

# IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO UNINSTALL OLD VERSION 
#  REMOVE the # FROM NEXT LINE TO DO THIS
#     if(install && update  ) uninstall(sand)
#  ERROR in next three lines corrected on 16 May 07
if(install  && update) detach("package:sand")
if(install) install.packages("sand_1.4.zip",.libPaths()[1] ,repos=NULL)
# }  before correction error occurs if install is TRUE and update = FALSE
#
#     AFTER SAND HAS BEEN INSTALLED  
# the next line will attach the sand library to the current R Session
library(sand)
options(editor="Notepad")  # use Notepad as editor in R
options(warn=0)
#
#    add additional options as desired
#
#     NOTE:   if you have data that you want to analyze using
#     the sand package in folder pathto\ADCdata make a copy of the R
#     shortcut in folder pathto\ADCdata, follow Steps 2 d and e
#
#     Run R by double clicking on the R-Icon in pathto\ADCdata
#     Left click on File in upper left corner of the R Console and
#     select Source R code and navigate to folder rmain and
#     select dotFirst.R (this will read this function into current 
#     working folder.)   Once dotFirst.R is sourced in type: 
#     .First() and press [Enter] on the R command line.
#     YOU ONLY NEED TO DO THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU RUN R IN A NEW FOLDER
#     This file revised for sand 1.4 on Nov24 2009
}