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Installing the RETSINA AFC SDK on Windows 2000. Preferable System Requirements Software Dependencies Installation Procedure. MSEC 20-854. Fall 2001. Joseph Giampapa. Software Dependencies. install Visual Studio 6.0, Visual C++ You should be Administrator
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Installing the RETSINA AFC SDK on Windows 2000 • Preferable System Requirements • Software Dependencies • Installation Procedure MSEC 20-854 Fall 2001 Joseph Giampapa
Software Dependencies • install Visual Studio 6.0, Visual C++ • You should be Administrator • install MSDN - Microsoft Developer Network • You should be Administrator • install the RETSINA AFC SDK • You should be the local user, i.e. garof
Preferable System Requirements • Windows 2000 • 96M RAM, or more • 885M Disk for MS Visual Studio 6.0 • VB, VC, & MSDN • May be less • 95M Disk for RETSINA • AFC SDK, Tools + some Agents
AFC SDK Installation Procedure • Initialize Directory Structure • Setup the RETSINA Variable • Install DLLs • Install Common System Files • Configure Visual C/C++ • Start the MFC Visual Studio
Initialize Directory Structure • put CD in CD reader • click through the menus ... • There is only one obvious path to success
2. Setup the RETSINA Variable System-wide, so that it will be the same for every user • login as Administrator • start settings control panel system advanced environment variables System variables new • variable name: RETSINA • value: the AFC parent directory Example: • if the path to AFC is c:\Program Files\RETSINA\AFC • then the value for the RETSINA variable is c:\Program Files\RETSINA • DO NOT end the path name with a slash
2.1. RETSINA Variable Verification To verify the values of the system variables: • open a DOS prompt, and • type “set”. • It will display all the known variables and their values. • Access the variable by “quoting” it with percent-signs: %RETSINA%
3. Install DLLs under Windows • login as Administrator • cd %RETSINA%\AFC\lib\dll\debug • click to activate the “install.bat” file
4. Install Common System Files • login as Administrator • start run d:\RETSINAsystemfiles.exe • Browse the CD-ROM and select the file named “RETSINAsystemfiles.exe” N.B.: your file manager may be configured to not show file name extensions • Run the selected executable
5. Configuring Visual C/C++ • login as user (e.g. garof) • start programs accessories windows explorer WARNING: The view from “My Computer” will only permit you to launch the “InstallShield Wizard”, so you need to use “Windows Explorer” • Copy “D:\MFC RetsinaAgent.awx” to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin\IDE”
6. Start the MFC Visual Studio • login as user (e.g. garof) • Start Programs Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 • from within the Microsoft Visual C++ application, select: Tools Options ... Directories • illustrated on page 4 of AFC Developer’s Guide • From within the Options pop-up dialogue box, select: • empty line -> click within it -> and browse [...] • C:\PROGRAM FILES\RETSINA\AFC\INCLUDE • [OK]
AFC SDK Setup is Compete • Setup is now complete. • Now it is possible to create agents.