Installing the RETSINA AFC SDK on Windows 2000

• Preferable System Requirements

• Software Dependencies

• Installation Procedure

Joseph Giampapa MSEC 20-854 Fall 2001

Software Dependencies

1. install Visual Studio 6.0, Visual C++– You should be Administrator

2. install MSDN - Microsoft Developer Network

– You should be Administrator

3. 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

1.Initialize Directory Structure

2.Setup the RETSINA Variable

3.Install DLLs

4.Install Common System Files

5.Configure Visual C/C++

6.Start the MFC Visual Studio

1. Initialize Directory Structure

1. put CD in CD reader

2. click through the menus ...

3. There is only one obvious path to success

2. Setup the RETSINA VariableSystem-wide, so that it will be the same for every user

1. login as Administrator

2. start settings control panel system advanced environment variables System variables new

3. variable name: RETSINA

4. value: the AFC parent directoryExample:

– if the path to AFC is c:\Program Files\RETSINA\AFC

– then the value for the RETSINA variable is c:\Program Files\RETSINA

5. DO NOT end the path name with a slash

2.1. RETSINA Variable Verification

To verify the values of the system variables:

1. open a DOS prompt, and

2. type “set”.

3. It will display all the known variables and their values.

4. Access the variable by “quoting” it with percent-signs: %RETSINA%

3. Install DLLs under Windows

1. login as Administrator

2. cd %RETSINA%\AFC\lib\dll\debug

3. click to activate the “install.bat” file

4. Install Common System Files

1. login as Administrator

2. start run d:\RETSINAsystemfiles.exe

3. 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

4. Run the selected executable

5. Configuring Visual C/C++

1. login as user (e.g. garof)

2. start programs accessories windows explorerWARNING: The view from “My Computer” will only permit you

to launch the “InstallShield Wizard”, so you need to use “Windows Explorer”

3. Copy “D:\MFC RetsinaAgent.awx” to “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin\IDE”

6. Start the MFC Visual Studio1. login as user (e.g. garof)

2. Start Programs Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0

3. from within the Microsoft Visual C++ application, select:Tools Options ... Directories• illustrated on page 4 of AFC Developer’s Guide

4. From within the Options pop-up dialogue box, select:1. empty line -> click within it -> and browse [...]

2. C:\PROGRAM FILES\RETSINA\AFC\INCLUDE

3. [OK]

AFC SDK Setup is Compete

• Setup is now complete.

• Now it is possible to create agents.