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Subject: Re: VDCT installation and documentation problems...
From: John Maclean <[email protected]>
To: "Kevin M. Peterson" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 17:12:01 -0600
Hi Kevin,

Unless you actually want to build VDCT you can simply download the
binaries and run them. Perhaps the instructions on the web site could be
clearer.

Go to
http://www.cosylab.com/visualdct/builds/VisualDCT/2.3.1240/index.html

Kick on "2.3.1240" under the "Distribution" heading.

Save the zip file somewhere convenient.

Unzip the zip file, to somewhere convenient. I made a "vdct" directory
in the "Program Files" directory and extracted to there.

You should then see a "2.3.1240" directory. In that you'll see a file
named "runScript".

Rename "runScript" to "runSript.bat" and execute it. VDCT should start.

You will need JVM 1.4.

Good luck.

John.

"Kevin M. Peterson" wrote:
> 
> I am trying to get VDCT running on a Windows 98 machine that originally had
> none of the
> components that are required for VDCT.  I have been following the direction
> on the following
> website:
> 
> http://www.cosylab.com/visualdct/builds/VisualDCT/2.3.1240/doc/DOC-Java_Installation_and_Build_Process_of_VisualDCT.html
> 
> I found the directions extremely difficult to follow due to a lack of
> important information.  An
> example is the explanation of why 3rd party software is needed.  It's nice
> to know that 3rd party
> software is needed for the build process and for program execution, but it
> would be significantly
> more helpful to have a list of the software that is needed for each.
> 
> At other points in the documentation information was simply missing.  In
> the third instruction
> of the "3. Eclipse Installation" section it says to define two variables
> but only one is mentioned.
> The fourth instruction of the same section says that the necessary Eclipse
> extensions are
> available on the Cosylab web page but I was unable to find them.  Links to
> necessary pieces
> of software would be helpful.
> 
> On the topic of links, in the "Dependencies" section of
> 
> http://www.cosylab.com/visualdct/builds/VisualDCT/
> 
> there is a link to what is supposedly VisualDCT-Common, but the link does
> not work.  I had to
> search for it on google to find a site that had something that I could
> download.  I ended up
> downloading version 1.2 of VisualDCT-Common.
> 
> So with my complaints about the documentation aside, I still do not know
> how to get VDCT up
> and running.  I have the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition and the JUnit
> Testing Framework
> installed and working correctly.  I have the other pieces of  "required"
> software (Styler ANT Task,
> MySQL JDBC driver, VisualDCT-Common, Eclipse, and Apache Ant) installed but
> I do not know
> if they are installed correctly.  When I run VisualDCT.jar VDCT appears to
> start.  I am prompted
> to choose an Epics database and when I choose one, all my pretty windows go
> away and I'm
> left staring at my background.  I'm pretty sure that isn't the desired
> behavior.
> 
> Which software do I need to get VDCT running?  Do I need to build VDCT or
> are the build instructions
> just provided in case I want a non-standard installation?
> 
> Or better yet, how do I install VDCT if I know nothing about the software
> on which VDCT is dependent?
> This seems to be the question that the "Java installation and build process
> of VDCT" should answer,
> but since it fails to do so, I am left extraordinarily confused.
> 
> Thanks for your time,
> 
> The extraordinarily confused Kevin Peterson

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