Installation Discussions

Rebuilding Generation Tool Solution

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Some users may require rebuilding the Generation Tool prior to generation. If your generation has failed to load the Generation Plugin follow this simple process to rebuild the solution on your local development machine.

Navigate to your Documents > Accelerator for .NET > GenerationWizardPlugin folder and open the GenerationWizardPlugin.sln Solution using your copy of Visual Studio 2012 or higher. Right click on the GenerationWizardPlugin project in the Solution Explorer panel and select “Rebuild Solution”. Once the solution is rebuilt, simply exit Visual Studio and you will be able to generate successfully.

Configuring Accelerator Launchpad Settings

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Before you can begin creating your applications, you’ll need to configure the Accelerator to connect to the database you created. To do this, run the Acceleartor launchpad, and click Configuration from the LaunchPad window.

To make the configuration process simpler, you may use the Generation Standards zip file contained in the welcome email provided during the Free Trial download. If you do not have this file, email info@surroundtech.com and request the Generation Standards File Zip file and extract the contents to Documents directory on your development machine.

In the launchpad configuration screen, navigate to the standards area, select the browse button “…” then navigate to Documents > Accelerator for .NET > Standards Configuration > EasyBuy Folder. For Microsoft SQL databases select the StandardsConfiguration_MSSQL.xml file. For IBM users a DB2 standards xml file has been provided as well.

Next, in the Data Server Connection area, select your server type, ie: MS SQL Server. Enter the user and password for your SQL Server. If the database is on your local machine use the instance name, typically the top most level of the tree in SQL Server Management Studio, for the Address. If your server is located on a network, use the IP address of that server. Be sure to enter the Database you wish you use, ie: EasyBuyDev, and click Test Connection to guarantee the specified location and credentials have the proper authorizations and can successfully connect to your SQL Server database.

Lastly, enter your Accelerator username and password, found at the bottom of the provisioning email you received when requesting the Accelerator for .NET trial. You will also need the Accelerator Address for connecting to your own personally provisioned environment.

Creating Microsoft SQL Database for use with Accelerator

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Once a blank SQL database has been created for use with Accelerator you will need to configure it with the proper structures before you begin development. We have made the process of getting up and running with a demo system named EasyBuy as simple as running just a few scripts.

Use a browser and download the EasyBuy Database Scrips from our server:

http://services.surroundtech.com/downloads/Products/A4DN/EasyBuyMSSQLScripts.zip

Download User: surround1
Download Password: tech#2

When you unzip this file, you will see the EasyBuy Schema and 5 scripts which contain the Data we will use to configure the database for use with the EasyBuy demo system.

In SQL server Management Studio, you will need to run the following Scripts in this sequence:

EasyBuyDev_Schema.sql – EasyBuy Database Schema
EasyBuyDev_YD1C.sql – Customer Data
EasyBuyDev_YD1O.sql – Order Data
EasyBuyDev_YD1P.sql – Product Data
EasyBuyDev_YD1S.sql – Shipping Address Data
EasyBuyDev_YD1I.sql – Order Item Data

Simply open each file by double clicking it and running in SQL Management Studio one at a time and select “Execute” from the SQL Management Studio toolbar.

Configuring Microsoft SQL Security Roles for Accelerator Database

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If using a Microsoft SQL Database for Surround Technologies Accelerator Free Trial or Full Version, you will need to be sure you have created a user with proper authorizations for creating and maintaining your database, as well as the initial sample database itself. After your install is complete run Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, and create a new database by right-clicking the databases folder in the tree on the left object explorer panel and selecting “New Database”. Name your new database “EasyBuyDev”.

Next expand the Security folder from the navigation tree, right-click on Logins and select New Login. Create your user settings here. For example, you can create a user with the login name “dba”, enter and confirm your password for the account, and then navigate to the Server Roles page and grant the user “public” and “sysadmin” security privileges. Lastly, navigate to the Status page and confirm that the user has been Granted Permission to connect to the database engine, and that the login is Enabled. Click OK to finish creating the user.

Requirements for Installing Accelerator for .NET with Microsoft SQL

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Pre-Requisites for the Accelerator:
-Visual Studio 2012 or higher
-SQL Server 2008 or higher

Before you begin your installation of Accelerator for .NET using Microsoft SQL, you will need to have Visual Studio 2012 or higher installed on your system. If you require a copy of Visual Studio, we recommend downloading Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition. VS2015 Community is a free, fully-featured, and extensible IDE for creating modern applications for Windows, Android and iOS, as well as web applications and cloud services. Simply download the installer and follow the on screen instructions for a complete install.

Link: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx

You will also need a copy of SQL Server to host and manage your Accelerator databases if you plan on using Accelerator with a Microsoft SQL Database. If you require a copy of MS SQL we recommend Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express. MS SQL Server 2014 Express is a powerful and reliable free data management system that delivers a rich and reliable store for lightweight Web Sites and desktop applications. Download the installer and follow the on screen instructions for a complete install.

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42299

How do you install or upgrade the Accelerator?

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You can find detailed installation Instructions using this link:

http://services.surroundtech.com/Downloads/Guides/Installing%20Version%206.1.pdf