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AdventNet periodically provides Service Packs which provide new features (requested by the customers), fixes for certain bugs and document updates in the form of HTML files. Service Packs can be downloaded from the web site, and updated into Simulation Toolkit using the Update Manager tool.
Installing the Service Pack Using Update Manager
Start the Launcher by invoking SimulationToolkit.bat/sh from <SimulatorHome> directory.
Choose Update Manager from the Options menu in the Launcher, to start Update Manager.
When you start the Update Manager, all the Service Packs that are already installed are listed and it provides the options to Install, Uninstall and view the details of any Service Pack.
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Warning: Ensure that no application is running when applying the Service Pack. This prevents any files used by the application from being over-written. |
Click Browse button and select the Service Pack file (.ppm) to be installed.
When the Service Pack is selected, the Update Manager enables the Install and Readme buttons as shown in the screen below.
You can go through the Readme file of the Service Pack by clicking the Readme button and Install the Service Pack by clicking the Install button. The service pack will be installed as shown in the screen-shot below:
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Note: 1. On clicking the "Install" button, the tool checks whether there is enough space for the installation of the service pack. If there is not enough space, the tool informs the user about the lack of space. You must clear the space and then proceed with the installation.
2. After installing the service pack, exit from the update manager and launcher and restart the launcher |
Viewing the Details of a Service Pack
The installed service packs are listed in the main window of the Update manager.
The details can be viewed by selecting the service pack version and clicking the Details button. The following screen will be shown.
A dialog pops-up displaying the General details about the patch in a tab. It contails the patch name, description, installed size and installation time.
The installation log messages are shown below these details.
The other tab displays the README related to this Service pack.
The details can also be viewed by double clicking the required service pack version.
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