[raynor]

Run his program and select 'Load' from the file menu. This will let you browse your hard drive for files to open. Go to the SEIV directory and then to the data directory. From there click on 'components.txt' and press Open.

(Many folks have SEIV installed in:
C:\Program Files\Shrapnel Games\Malfador Machinations\Space Empires IV or somesuch. I forget since I put mine in f:\se4)

This simplest functionality of the program is it will let you browse all the components in the game which you can put on your ships. In addition, it will let you create new ones that can then be used in the game. It has other even more advanced functions.

I hope that helps.