Iron Speed Designer Installation Guide

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Iron Speed

®

Designer

Installation Guide

Version 1.6

Accelerated web application development

Updated May 11, 2004

Iron Speed, Inc. 1953 Landings Drive Mountain View, CA 94043 650.215.2200

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Installing Iron Speed®

Designer takes about 20 minutes. There is very little expertise required to install Iron Speed Designer except for knowing the locations of your database and email server.

Iron Speed Designer

Iron Speed Designer can be installed on any of the operating systems listed below. The installed machine must have the Microsoft .NET Framework. If you need to modify the code generated by Iron Speed Designer, you will also require appropriate code and web page editing tools, such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and the .NET SDK (which comes with Visual Studio .NET).

Component Minimum Requirement

Server operating system Windows 2003 Server

Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1 or later Windows XP Home

Windows 2000 Professional

Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 3 or later

Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Service Pack 3 or later Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Service Pack 3 or later .NET Framework Version 1.1 (Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP Professional)

You can download Version 1.1 of .NET Framework from the following websites: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/netdevframework.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/default.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/howtoget.asp

Note: Iron Speed Designer does not support the .NET Compact Framework. .NET SDK If you intend to modify the code generated by Iron Speed Designer.

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Iron Speed Designer Database

Microsoft JET 4.0, service pack 6 or later.

The default MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components) driver installed with Windows 2000 is not sufficient to run Iron Speed Designer. Iron Speed Designer requires MDAC Version 2.6 or above, and the default driver included in Windows 2000 is Version 2.5. This driver is automatically updated if you have Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE 2000 installed on your machine with the latest service packs. In the event you do not have the latest version of the driver, you can download Version 2.7 of this driver from:

http://www.microsoft.com/data/ Integrated Development

Environment

Optional, if you intend to modify or extend the generated source code. Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002

System memory Iron Speed Designer requires a minimum of 256 MB of memory and 512MB is recommended. There are additional requirements if the development machine also has a database (e.g., Microsoft SQL Server) installed.

System disk space Approximately 40 MB of disk space is required.

We recommend installing Iron Speed Designer on the desktop machine of each individual developer. (Please note that each developer will require a separate license to use Iron Speed Designer).

To modify the source code generated by Iron Speed Designer, you must be able to access the hard drive where the generated code is stored.

Applications Built with Iron Speed Designer

Once the application is ready for testing, you can copy the generated application to another server. Detailed instructions for deploying applications to test and production servers are in the companion manual, Iron Speed Designer Application Developers Guide.

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Server operating system

Windows 2003 Server

Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1 or later

Windows XP Home, Service Pack 1 or later (local development machine only) Windows 2000 Professional, Service Pack 3 or later

Windows 2000 Server, Service Pack 3 or later

Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Service Pack 3 or later Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Service Pack 3 or later .NET Framework Version 1.1 (Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP Professional)

Version 1.0, Service Pack SR2

The .NET Framework Redistributable version is sufficient to run applications generated by Iron Speed Designer. If you wish to recompile your application on your production server, you will, however, need the .NET SDK.

You can download Version 1.1 of .NET Framework from the following websites: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/netdevframework.asp http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/default.asp

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/downloads/howtoget.asp

Note: Iron Speed Designer does not support the .NET Compact Framework. Web server Microsoft IIS 5.0 or later.

Iron Speed Personal Web Server (Optional, on local development machine only) Database Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Service Pack 3 or later

Microsoft SQL Server 7, Service Pack 4 or later

The default MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components) driver installed with Windows 2000 is not sufficient to run applications generated by Iron Speed Designer. Iron Speed Designer requires MDAC Version 2.6 or above, and the default driver included in Windows 2000 is Version 2.5. This driver is automatically updated if you have Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or MSDE 2000 installed on your machine with the latest service packs. In the event you do not have the latest version of the driver, you can download Version 2.7 of this driver from: http://www.microsoft.com/data/

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the upcoming Microsoft SQL Server 64 bit edition.

Applications generated by Iron Speed Designer will not run on these operating systems because the Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) is not available on them:

• Windows XP Tablet PC Edition • Windows XP Embedded

• Windows XP Media Center Edition

Application Users

None of the end-user desktops require any extensions or changes to run applications generated by Iron Speed Designer. In fact, Iron Speed Designer generated applications are accessible through any reasonably contemporary web browser, regardless of machine, including Windows, Mac, and Unix machines.

Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and above Netscape 6.2 and above

JavaScript (a.k.a. ECMAScript) must be enabled Cookies must be enabled

Running on Microsoft .NET

The Microsoft .NET Framework is a freely downloadable extension to the Windows 2000 Server. If you already have a Windows 2000 or Windows XP server, you can upgrade it to run .NET Framework freely and easily. No additional software or hardware is needed for the applications generated by Iron Speed Designer to run on .NET.

If you like, you can run the .NET Framework on only the hardware that runs the applications generated by Iron Speed Designer. You do not need to convert all of your servers to run this framework.

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Related Products

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET

Iron Speed Designer uses VBC to compile your application’s Visual Basic .NET files. VBC is a command line Visual Basic compiler that is part of the .NET Framework SDK.

Iron Speed Designer does not require you to use any particular integrated development environment, such as Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. However, Iron Speed Designer creates and updates certain files (e.g. VBPROJ) that make it easier for Visual Studio. NET users to customize generated applications.

Microsoft Access 2000

Microsoft Access 2000 supports one of two back-end technologies: MSDE and Microsoft Jet. With the release of Microsoft® Access 2000, users and developers will have the choice of two data engines in the product: an improved version of the existing Access engine, called Microsoft Jet, or the Microsoft Data Engine (MSDE), which is compatible with Microsoft SQL Server™ 7.0. The default data engine for Microsoft Access is Jet.

While Iron Speed Designer does not provide support for Jet at this time, it does support MSDE-based support for Microsoft Access.

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INSTALLING IRON SPEED DESIGNER

1. Using your web browser, go to the Iron Speed Designer download page: http://www.ironspeed.com/download.asp.

2. Click the "Download" button and save the file to your hard disk. A convenient location is your Desktop, though it may be saved anywhere on your hard disk.

3. Run the Iron Speed Designer Installer program by double-clicking the "Iron Speed Designer Setup.exe" icon. 4. Follow the instructions in the installation program to properly install Iron Speed Designer.

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UPGRADING IRON SPEED DESIGNER

When upgrading to a new version of Iron Speed Designer, you should uninstall the old version first. Uninstalling Iron Speed Designer will not delete your applications or any generated components.

As a safety precaution, we recommend first making a backup copy of your c:\Program Files\Iron Speed Designer directory (or equivalent) prior to uninstalling Iron Speed Designer.

Upgrading from Version 1.5

There is no special conversion or migration required to upgrade applications generated by Iron Speed Designer Version 1.5. You can easily open existing applications generated by Version 1.5 into the new Iron Speed Designer using the File, Open Application… command in Iron Speed Designer.

Upgrading from Version 1.4

There is no special conversion or migration required to upgrade applications generated by Iron Speed Designer Version 1.4. You can easily open existing applications generated by Version 1.4 into the new Iron Speed Designer using the File, Open Application… command in Iron Speed Designer.

Uninstalling Versions 1.3.7 and 1.3.8

Uninstalling Iron Speed Designer Versions 1.3.7 and 1.3.8 will completely remove all Iron Speed Designer and Run Time Library files from your computer. It will not remove any applications that you have created with Iron Speed Designer, but those applications cannot be run without the Iron Speed Run Time Library installed. Therefore, before uninstalling Iron Speed Designer, it is recommended that you make a backup of the Platform and/or

ApplicationThemes folders if you have made any additions or customizations to either of them.

Migrating from Version 1.3.8 and Earlier

Applications created with Iron Speed Designer Version 1.3.8 are not completely compatible with Iron Speed Designer Version 1.6.

You must migrate applications created with version 1.3.8 or earlier. Before migrating, it is recommended that you make a backup of the application's entire folder. Migration will delete and modify some of your application's files, so you should not migrate an application until you are ready to totally regenerate the application's files.

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TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Should you have any difficulty installing or using Iron Speed Designer, please contact us for technical support. web-based support: www.ironspeed.com/support

650-215-2230

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INDEX

.NET framework

System requirements ... 3, 5 .NET SDK

System requirements ... 3

Application Users ... 6

Applications Build with Iron Speed Designer ... 4

Database System requirements ... 5

Installing Iron Speed Designer ... 8

Integrated development environment System requirements ... 4

Iron Speed Designer database ... 4

JavaScript System requirements ... 6

Microsoft .NET... 6

Microsoft Access 2000 ... 7

Microsoft JET database System requirements ... 4

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET ... 7

System requirements ... 4

Microsoft Windows Server operating system requirements... 3

Migrating from Version 1.3.8 and Earlier ... 9

Running on Microsoft .NET ... 6

Server operating system System requirements ... 3, 5 System requirements .NET framework ...3, 5 .NET SDK...3

Cookies ...6

Database ...5

Integrated development environment...4

Iron Speed Designer database ...4

JavaScript...6

Server disk space...4

Server memory...4

Server operating system ...3, 5 Web browser ...6

Web server ...5

System Requirements ...3

Application users ...6

Generated applications ...4

Iron Speed Designer ...3

Technical Support...10

Uninstalling Versions 1.3.7 and 1.3.8...9

Upgrading Iron Speed Designer...9

Visual Studio .NET ...7

Web browser System requirements ...6