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Installing software components

Note: If you use the IGSS Portal on an Windows Vista PC, then you must first install the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 software, which is the version the Portal requires. This version of .NET is not the version present on Vista. During its installation, there will frequently appear error messages, which can be ignored. The Framework 1.1 software is found on the IGSS CD in the folder called Frameworks. Click on the file dotnetfx1.1exe to begin the installation and follow the on screen instructions.

To be able to use IGSS Portal functionality, the following three conditions must be met:

1. The Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server) software must be installed on the IGSS server PC.
2. The Microsoft .NET Framework software must be installed on the IGSS server PC.
3. The IGSS Portal software must be installed on the IGSS server PC.

Commentary to:

1. The IIS software package must be installed by entering the Control Panel’s Add or Remove Programs and then clicking on the icon on the left called Add/Remove Windows Components. You will need the Windows CD to complete IIS installation.
2. Under first time install of the IGSS software, the two Microsoft .NET Framework elements called Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 and Microsoft ODBC.NET Data Provider are installed by default by the IGSS install program. These can be seen in the Control Panel’s Add or Remove Programs list. Should they somehow be missing, they must be reinstalled and this can be accomplished by running two executable programs from the IGSS installation CD. They must be run in the following order:
   1) dotnetfx.exe and then
   2) odbc_net.msi.

• Clicking the Add or Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel and looking for the two names in the list of installed programs can confirm successful installation of these two .NET components.

3 Install the IGSS Portal software, which is found on the IGSS installation CD in the folder IGSS Portal.

• If the above conditions are fulfilled in the same order as listed, then the IGSS Portal should be functional. To perform a quick test to verify trouble-free installation, do the following:
  1) Start the IGSS server on the server PC 
  2) Open the server PC’s Internet browser and in the browser’s address window key in localhost/igssportal or 127.0.0.1/igssportal 
  3) If the software has been correctly installed, the IGSS Portal is displayed.

• Clicking the Add or Remove Programs icon in the Control Panel and looking for the IGSS Portal program entry also confirms successful installation of this software.

After installing the above, the Windows tree view displaying folders should contain the IIS Inetpub folder with the entry IGSS Portal under the sub-folder wwwroot as in the following illustration.

Please be aware that in most cases the IGSS installation will be undertaken first. This means that the Microsoft .NET Framework elements are installed before the IIS server software, and this will result in the Portal not functioning properly if it is to be used at a later time. To rectify this problem, you must run the following, exactly as shown below, in the IGSS server PC’s command prompt:

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\aspnet_regiis.exe” -i

It should also be noted that the IGSS Portal is an install option appearing in the course of the installation of the IGSS package. You may either choose to install it at this time or wait until later. If you plan to install later, then you must use the IGSS installation CD and find the folder called IGSS Portal where the Portal install program resides.

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