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CHAPTER 1 : Introduction


Document content

This document contains installation, authentication and release notes for Visaj - the Visual Application Builder for Java.

Most of the information in this document can also be found in the various text, HTML and postscript files on the CD-ROM, IST's web site (in particular the download page) and in the distribution. See below for details of such files.


Prerequisites

Any system which supports the Java Development Kit 1.1 (JDK1.1) or The Java 2 Platform (formerly known as JDK 1.2). For detailed information about the required version of JDK please see the System Requirements section of the Release Notes.

About 5MB disk space.


Compatibility

Visaj 2.4 will read files saved by previous versions of Visaj.

If you are upgrading from a version prior to 2.3 and you have been using local authentication you will need a new key. Please email your request to license@ist.co.uk. You will not need a new key if you have a valid key for Visaj 2.3.


CD-ROM Contents

The CD-ROM structure is very similar to the download area on IST's web site, therefore much of the following also applies to download area. Files with names in all capitals exist in two forms: with the extension ".TXT" for Windows and without for UNIX.

README_FIRST - Details of the contents of the CD-ROM and any late breaking news.

README - A text file containing notes about the distribution

RELEASE - Notes on this release

INSTALLATION - Information on installing and running Visaj

AUTHENTICATION - Information about authenticating Visaj

LICENSE - Full licensing terms for Visaj

visaj2.4 - Directory containing the full unpacked Visaj release which allows Visaj to be run from the CD-ROM

windows/Visaj2_4.exe - Visaj release in InstallShield format for installation on Windows 95/98/NT systems

unix/Visaj2_4.tar.gz - Visaj release in UNIX tar archive compressed with GNU Zip for installation on UNIX systems

unix/Visaj2_4.tar.Z - Visaj release in UNIX compressed tar archive for installation on UNIX systems

generic/Visaj2_4.jar - Visaj release in jar file format for installation on non-UNIX/Windows systems

workshop_integrations - Directory containing files required to integrate Visaj with Sun's JavaWorkshop 2

index.html - Index to all the HTML files on the CD-ROM

doc - Contains Documentation as described below

navajo - The files required for local authentication of Visaj on various platforms


Distribution Contents

The distribution archives and the full unpacked release contain the following files. Files with names in all capitals exist with the extension ".TXT" for Windows and without for UNIX.

README - A text file containing notes about the distribution

RELEASE - Notes on this release

INSTALLATION - Information on installing and running Visaj

AUTHENTICATION - Information about authenticating Visaj

LICENSE - Full licensing terms for Visaj

bin/visaj.exe - Executable to launch Visaj on Windows 95/98/NT

bin/visaj - A shell script to launch Visaj on UNIX systems

lib/* - Online help, message files and misc. libraries

visaj.jar - The Visaj program (100% Java)

demos.jar - Additional Java classes used in tutorial

diamonds.jar - IST Diamond components

mwt.jar - IST Motif Emulation Windowing Toolkit components

doc/* - User Documentation in HTML format

palettes/* - Sample palette files for 3rd party component integration


Documentation

HTML

The following HTML documentation is provided and is accessible from doc/index.html on the CD-ROM and in the distribution:

Visaj User's Guide

Installation and Release Notes (this document)

The full text of the Visaj license agreement

Diamonds API Documentation

PDF

The following documentation is provided as pdf files on the web site and in the directory doc on the CD-ROM:

Visaj User's Guide

Installation and Release Notes (this document)


Integrations

Java WorkShop 3

IST have, in conjunction with Sun Microsystems, produced Visaj WorkShop which is an integration of Visaj and Sun`s Java WorkShop 3. More information about Visaj WorkShop may be obtained from IST's web site: http://www.ist.co.uk.

Java WorkShop 2

Files required to integrate Sun's Java WorkShop 2 with Visaj are provided on the CD-ROM, in directory workshop_integrations, and on the download page on IST's web site. Two sets of integration files are available, one for Windows NT and one for Solaris and other versions of UNIX.

Others

IST is working with a number of partners to ensure that Visaj integrates with the leading Java tools and components including:

Contact details for these JavaBeans suppliers can be found on the IST web site at http://www.ist.co.uk/visaj/partners/beans.html.

Third party JavaBeans can be dynamically loaded into the Visaj palette using the "Load jar file..." option of the "Palette" menu. Alternatively pre-defined palette files for most of the above component families are contained in the palettes sub-directory of this Visaj release.




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