VinPlus

Installation Guidelines Document

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Table of Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Definitions / Acronyms ................................................................................................................... 3

System Requirements...................................................................................................................... 3

Assumptions.................................................................................................................................... 3

Installation Procedure ..................................................................................................................... 3

Manual Configuration ................................................................................................................... 17

How to Start the Installed ParserService ...................................................................................... 20

How to start the Installed Convert API Services .......................................................................... 21

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Introduction

This is an “Installation Guidelines Document” for VinPlus Ver 2.0 Rel 06. It provides the
details of Installation of VinPlus, Parser Service, Convert API Service and Database.

Definitions / Acronyms
DB – Database
API – Application Programming Interface
SQL – Structured Query Language
RAM – Random Access Memory
GB – Giga Bytes
MS - Microsoft

System Requirements
• Intel Pentium - 4 and above with a speed of 2.8 GHz and above
• 1 GB of RAM (Minimum 512 MB of RAM) - Recommended
• Operating System – Microsoft XP (latest version OR with latest Service Pack)
• Microsoft.Net Framework 2.0(2.0.50727.42)
• Microsoft Excel (MSOffice 2003)
• Operating System – Microsoft Windows Server Edition,XP,2000 and above
• Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005

Assumptions
1. Microsoft SQL 2005 or SQL Express is installed.

Installation Procedure
1. Double click the setup to start the installation. The window will appear as shown below.

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Fig.1

2. Click ‘Next’ as shown in Fig.2.

Fig. 2

3. Read User License Agreement carefully & check “I accept the terms in the License
Agreement” option. Click ‘Next’ as shown in Fig.3.

Fig.3

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4. Refer Fig. 4. Here you can customize the installation i.e. you can select or omit Services such
as ParserService & ConvertAPIService before moving ahead for installation. Click ‘Next’.

Fig. 4

5. Click Browse to change the default installation path as shown in Fig. 5. Click OK.

Fig. 5

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6. Now click Install to install the customized application as shown in Fig. 6. Now the installation
will start as shown in Fig. 7. Wait until Installation completes. The installation window will
show Installation progress as shown in Fig. 7, 8 and 9.

Fig. 6

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7. Now click Install to install the customized application as shown in Fig. 6. Now the installation
will start as shown in Fig. 7. Wait until Installation completes. The installation window will
show Installation progress as shown in Fig. 7, 8 and 9.

Fig. 7

Fig. 8

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8. Now following window will appear as shown in Fig.10 below.

Fig. 10

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9. Fill User Id, Password & Data Source as shown in Fig. 11(a). Now if user wants to create a
new “Vinplus” database then select “Create New DB” option & fill “Database File” path using
browse button. Now click “Start” button. Then if already one “Vinplus” database is present
then it will display a messagebox as shown in Fig 11(b). Click OK. Then Database file will get
stored at selected Database File path & a new “Vinplus” database will be created in selected
“Data Source” as shown in Fig. 11(c). Wait for the process to complete.

Note: The User ID & Password details of Microsoft SQL Server that VinPlus application
accesses will be as per the Database configurations. For any changes in Database
configuration, it should be updated in Config.ini file of VinPlus through Edit Configuration
option provided in VinPlus.

Fig. 11(a)

Fig. 11(b)

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Fig. 11(c)

10. Instead of creating a new “Vinplus” DB if user wants to update an existing “Vinplus” database
then he / she should select “Update Existing DB” option as shown in Fig. 12(a). Click OK.
Now click “Start” button. Click OK. Then existing “Vinplus” database will get updated
without deleting an existing data in it.

(Note: This selection of “Update Existing DB” option is applicable only for versions
above VinPlus Ver 1.0 Rel 12. For VinPlus Ver 1.0 Rel 12 & below, user should
select “Create New DB” option)

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Fig 12(a)

Fig 12(b)

Note: Select (local) as Data Source, if you have installed SQL Server Standard/
Enterprise editions, other than SQL Server Express edition & select (.\SQLExpress) as Data
Source if only SQL Server Express edition is installed.

Make sure that SQL Server 2005/Express edition has full access to the selected Database Path.
Database File should have administrative rights and it should not be shared, compressed and
not password protected.

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11. After step 7, if user doesn’t want to overwrite an existing database then press Skip as shown in
Fig. 13(a).

Fig. 13(a)

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12. Otherwise, if user keeps User ID or Password empty & press ‘Skip’ then it will display a
messagebox as shown in Fig. 13(b). Click ‘Yes’. Then it will display another messabebox as
shown in Fig 13(c). Click OK. Now user has to update User ID & Password manually in
VinPlus configuration file.

Fig. 13(b)

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Fig. 13(c)

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13. Click Finish to complete the installation as shown in Fig. 14.

Fig. 14

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14. After installation is completed, the folders for Convert API operation & Parser operation will
be created at VinPlus installation path namely “Convert” & “Parser” respectively as shown in
Fig. 15.

Fig. 15

Note: All initial configurations, will be done by the setup itself.

*****Now you can start using VinPlus.*****

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Manual Configuration
(To be done only if the user wants to have his own folder structure for ConvertAPI and Parser)

1. Keep the folder structure for ConvertAPI Service as shown in Fig 16 below.

Fig. 16

2. Keep the folder structure for Parser Service as shown in Fig. 17

Fig. 17

If user wants to use folders at any location other than installation path location then he / she has
to create folder structures as shown in Fig. 16 and 17 and enter these folder paths information
in Config.ini files of VinPlus, ConverAPIService and ParserService as illustrated on next page.

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Note: Folders can be created with any names. But it should be ensured that these paths are
entered correctly in config.ini file of Vinplus, ConvertAPIService and Parser Service

3. Now enter all the details in the Config.ini file present in VinPlus installation folder. Enter the
values as highlighted in the snap shot as shown in Fig 18.

Fig. 18

Note 1: Enter <Machine Name> as Data Source, if you have installed SQL Server
Standard/ Enterprise editions, other than SQL Server Express edition. If you have only SQL
Server Express edition installed,then enter <Machine Name>\SQLExpress as Data
Source.

Note 2: If user wants to change the file paths for Parser operation for parsing CDF files using
Parser utility in VinPlus application then he / she has to change the file paths under
[ParserConfiguration] tag as highlighted in snapshot in Config.ini file present in VinPlus
installation folder as shown in Fig. 19. Otherwise user should use the folders present at same
file paths present under [ParserConfiguration] tag.

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4. Use folders present at file paths mentioned under [ParserConfiguration] tag in Config.ini file
present in ParserService installation folder as shown below in Fig. 20. (This Step is applicable
only if user wants to parse CDFs using installed ParserService).

Fig. 20

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How to Start the Installed ParserService

• The services will be running and if you have changed config.ini files (If not thorough
GUI) of ConvertAPIService or Parser service, then you need to restart them.
• Go to Start->Run.
• When the following window appears enter “Services.msc “in the Run dialog and click
OK.

Fig. 21

Note: The alternative way to open the services window, go to Start->Control

Panel- >Administrative Tools-> Services

• Click “Restart” hyperlink to restart the services as shown (Refer Fig. 22).

Fig. 22

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5. Use folders present at file paths mentioned under [CAPIConfiguration] tag in Config.ini file
present in ConvertAPIService installation folder as shown below in Fig. 23. (This step is
applicable only if user wants to convert Raw data files into CDF files using installed
ConvertAPIService).

..

Fig. 23
Note: The raw data file must be placed in the Data folder.

How to start the Installed Convert API Service

• Go to Start->Run
• When the window as shown in Fig. 24 appears then enter “Services.msc “in the Run
dialog and then click OK.

Fig. 24

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• The Convert API service will be running as shown in Fig. 25.

Fig. 25

• Click “Restart” hyperlink to restart the services

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