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Installing HADesigner

2008-03-03T22:05:39Z

Dimmlight:

HADesigner allows user interfaces to be manipulated in an existing LinuxMCE installation. However its install process is not immediately intuitive.

== For those who already know what they're doing ==

The instructions must be performed on a Windows machine, preferrably one running Windows 2000 or later.

# Install the Microsoft .NET Framework, version 1.1 [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en Download Link]
# Install the Microsoft .NET ODBC Data Provider [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6ccd8427-1017-4f33-a062-d165078e32b1&displaylang=en Download Link]
# Install the MyODBC Adaptor [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/3.51.html Download Link]
# Add a grant to allow your HADesigner box to access your Core, make up a username and password.... (GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pluto_main.* TO odbcuser@192.168.80.xxx IDENTIFIED BY 'odbcpassword')
# While installing the myodbc adaptor, use the '''odbcuser''' and '''odbcpassword''' you specified in the GRANT to test the connection from the installer and make sure it works correctly.
# Create a System DSN using the ODBC Administrator, called linuxmce, using the '''odbcuser''' and password you specified above, and use '''pluto_main''' as the database.
# Copy the files from /usr/pluto/orbiter/skins to C:\PlutoSkins on your HADesigner box. This is so that you can see the skin graphics correctly, as they are only stored with relative paths within the database.
# Download and unpack the HADesigner ZIP. [http://www.zeebop.com/data/linuxmce/designer19_02_2007.zip Download Link]
# Launch HADesigner, and in the configuration dialogue box that appears, enter the following information:
#* Skins Directory: C:\PlutoSkins
#* Database Connection: dsn=linuxmce

With all of this done, the HADesigner should now work.

I will be updating this section shortly with more in-depth installation instructions.

-Thom

Installing HADesigner

2008-03-03T21:58:19Z

Dimmlight:

HADesigner allows user interfaces to be manipulated in an existing LinuxMCE installation. However its install process is not immediately intuitive.

== For those who already know what they're doing ==

The instructions must be performed on a Windows machine, preferrably one running Windows 2000 or later.

# Install the Microsoft .NET Framework, version 1.1 [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en Download Link]
# Install the Microsoft .NET ODBC Data Provider [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6ccd8427-1017-4f33-a062-d165078e32b1&displaylang=en Download Link]
# Install the MyODBC Adaptor [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/odbc/3.51.html Download Link]
# Add a grant to allow your HADesigner box to access your Core, make up a username and password.... (GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pluto_main.* TO odbcuser@192.168.80.xxx IDENTIFIED BY 'odbcpassword')
# While installing the myodbc adaptor, use the '''odbcuser''' and '''odbcpassword''' you specified in the GRANT to test the connection from the installer and make sure it works correctly.
# Create a System DSN using the ODBC Administrator, called linuxmce, using the '''odbcuser''' and password you specified above, and use '''pluto_main''' as the database.
# Copy the files from /usr/pluto/orbiter/skins to C:\PlutoSkins on your HADesigner box. This is so that you can see the skin graphics correctly, as they are only stored with relative paths within the database.
# Download and unpack the HADesigner ZIP. [http://www.dimmworks.com/linuxmce/Designer19.02.2007.zip Download Link]
# Launch HADesigner, and in the configuration dialogue box that appears, enter the following information:
#* Skins Directory: C:\PlutoSkins
#* Database Connection: dsn=linuxmce

With all of this done, the HADesigner should now work.

I will be updating this section shortly with more in-depth installation instructions.

-Thom