The following section will provide key information to help you deploy ISAcreator in the best possible conditions
Prior to install ISAcreator tool, irrespective of the operating system used, do
make sure that Java version 1.6 is deployed on the raget machine and that JAVA_HOME
environmental variable has been set.
To check which version of Java is currently available, open a terminal and type the following command:
c:>java -version
The result should look like this:
java version "1.6.0_22" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build
1.6.0_22-b04-307-10M3261) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.1-b03-307,
mixed mode)
ISAcreator latest build is available here in its cross platform form
For Mac™ users, we also provide a dedicated version available here
We now detail how to install and run ISAcreator after having downloaded the compressed archive from isatab.sf.net download page or from our github repository.
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For Windows 7™ users, do ensure that the archive is properly unpacked. Windows 7 explorer seems to allow viewing the content of an archive, even starting a jar application upon double clicking when the application is still compressed. Doing so will result in an failing to use ISAcreator properly. Freeware such as 7-zip™ provides an easy means to ensure zip archive have been properly expanded. |
Provided the requirements described in section 1 have been met, ISAcreator software can be started by simply double clicking the ISAcreator-1.5.jar file
More advanced users may want to use the command line to pass additional configuration parameters to the tool at start up. In particular, users manipulating large datasets may want/need to allocate more memory. To do so, proceed as follows:
open a terminal
navigate to ISAcreator installation folder
c:>cd /Users/JohnSmith/ISAcreator-1.5/Windows OS users, use "\" instead.
issue the following command:
c:>java -jar -Xms256m -Xmx1024m ISAcreator-1.5.jarWatch out for placing spaces correctly and remember that arguments are case sensitive.
XmsandXmxparameters allow to set the minimal and maximal amount of memory available to the java virtual machine (jvm) used by ISAcreator.the tool will start with this splashscreen
followed by the initial ISAcreator screen prompting for an ISAconfiguration to be selected.
If you see those screen, you have successfully installed ISAcreator on your machine. For a more thourough description of the tool and its functionalities, please refer to the following chapters.