Installing VisibleResults version 1.6.x
Installing VisibleResults version 1.6.x |
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These Instructions are for installing the single user version of VisibleResults on a single PC
There are four elements to the installation which must be performed in order
TCP/IP is the communications protocol that the various parts of VisibleResults use to communicate with each other. It is the standard used all over the Internet and is the default means of communications for most networks.
A working TCP/IP configuration is required for the VisibleResults installation. This step checks that your TCP/IP settings are correct.
For the second and third items of the installation there is a choice. In the past we have used Interbase 5.6 and Interclient/Interserver 1.5 from Borland. This is still available for purchase. However, you can now use Firebird and Interclient/Interserver 1.6.
Borland released Interbase 6.0 as an Open Source project during 2000, since then the Firebird project has taken Interbase 8.0 and worked the most quickly and effectively at improving it. Hence we are now moving to Firebird as the default database server.
For the future Web Client version of Visibleresults we will no longer support Interbase 5.6
NB: You cannot have Interbase and Firebird on your computer at the same time. Before installing either check that the other is not already installed, and if it is uninstall it first.
Interbase is the database server that is used to store all the data for VisibleResults. This step installs a 90 day evaluation license of Interbase.
InterClient and InterServer are communication layers that enable VisbleResults to connect to the Interbase Server using TCP/IP.
Firebird is now the preferred database server that is used to store all the data for VisibleResults. This step installs a full, unlimited license of Firebird.
InterClient and InterServer are communication layers that enable VisbleResults to connect to the Interbase Server using TCP/IP. Note that Firebird requires this newer version (it has the license restrictions removed).
This is the VisibleResults program itself.