Demo Installation
This document summarizes how to use the demo installer code for
creating installation packages.
This code is intended to be run on a windows machine. So copy the code
from isip_demo_installer directory to a windows desktop and follow the
instructions given below.
Installation of Makemsi:
To create a package for the client code you need to have makmsi
installed. Go to the site
http://users.cyberone.com.au/dbareis/makemsi.htm . This is the
official website of the makemsi group. If you want to learn more about
the software, you can browse through this site. They have a basic
tutorial in there. They also have a yahoo user group. The link for
this group can be found in the website.
Creating the package:
Once you have installed makemsi, you are ready to create your
installation package for the demo. Put all your client code including
the compile.bat and selector_ui.bat in a certain path. Now open
demo.MM in emacs. You need to change couple of things here:
1) search for "#define SourceRootDir". Change the path to the path
where your cleitn code resides.
2) search for "selector_ui.bat" and change the path so that it points
to the path where you have the client code.
Once this is done, you should be good to go. Now right click on the
demo.MM. You can see the "Buil MSI -Development" option pop up. Say a
prayer and right click on the link. You can see a dos window open up
and the installation package is built. This may take several
minutes. Hope you see green captions and never find red wording in the
dos window. If you found one, you have encountered a fatal error and
all the best in debugging it. I would recommend you interact with the
user group if you cannot find a solution.
Once the above process is done successfully, you can find the created
package in "out" directory.
Installing the demo:
Installation of the demo is a smooth process except for a couple of
things. As you go through the installtion make sure you enter the path
where java and galaxy communicator software are installed. The java
and the galaxy paths are needed ofor the demo to run. After a
successful installtion, you can see an icon for the demo in the start
menu. Click on the icon. A dos window opens which is shortly followed
by a user interface. If the dos window gives an error "System cannot
find the specified path", you are going wrong in setting the path for
java and galaxy communciator. Rerun the installer and double check the
path you have entered..
Good luck installing..