TU2943: Information Engineering Methodology Lab Notes, 2009-2010, Faculty of Technology and Information Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

HOWTO install and setup Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML)

INTRODUCTION Lab Notes All lab materials can be downloaded from http://norsamsiah.wordpress.com The materials are categorized under TU2943: Information Engineering Methodology.

Visual Paradigm for UML Software You will be using Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) as your CASE tool of choice in the lab sessions. Unlike many other commercial based CASE tools available in the market (e.g Rational Rose), VP-UML provides a free software edition to be used by anyone, called VP-UML Community Edition. Please follow the steps below to install and configure your free copy of VP-UML software.

EDITION COMPARISON Since the UKM FTSM labs are equipped with enterprise edition VP-UML licenses, below is the comparison chart listed to show what is missing under Community Edition.

Modified after: http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/vpuml/editions/

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TU2943: Information Engineering Methodology Lab Notes, 2009-2010, Faculty of Technology and Information Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

GENERAL INSTALLATION STEP 1. Enter the following URL: http://www.visual-paradigm.com/download/vpuml.jsp?edition=ce 2. In this page, select Windows as the Installer Option.

3. Next, press the button shown below to download, the download will start: 4. If this is your first time downloading and installing VP-UML, register by clicking Create a Visual Paradigm Account. In doing so, you will be able to obtain a community edition license key to activate the software. Note that the license key is sent to your specified email account. 5. Once you have finished downloading, start the installer package. Define your destination folder. 6. You will be asked to select extra desired products to be installed with VP-UML as well. If you already have any / several types of Java IDE installed (e.g Eclipse, Netbeans, etc), you may choose to install those products to integrate modeling to code transfer, otherwise, proceed with installing. 7. Go to your email account, and make sure you have already received your community edition license key. If not, then request for one. Download the license key and put it in your local folder. 8. Once installation is complete, run VP-UML. When first time running, you will be asked to define the path of the license key. Enter your license key location. 9. Your community edition copy of VP-UML is now running.

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