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The AdventNet Simulation Toolkit launcher provides a single UI from which the various tools can be invoked. Each tool can be started by double clicking on its icon or selecting the Options -> Run menu from the toolbar. The application can also be run by right-clicking and selecting the Run option. The Simulation Toolkit launcher can be toggled to the toolbar view by clicking the View -->Tool Bar menu from the toolbar. The launcher can be toggled back to the normal view by selecting the "normal view" icon.
The Launcher UI is organized as two panels - the top and the bottom panel. The top panel shows all the applications that are part of the AdventNet Simulation Toolkit package. All the applications can be started by double-clicking or by selecting the run option from the menu bar.
The bottom panel shows the currently running applications in the form of tabs. The applications can be terminated from the launcher itself by selecting Options -> Terminate menu. The bottom panel also displays the error and exception messages of the respective applications.
Selecting the Options -> Settings menu pops up the Java Environment settings dialog box which can be used to set the various path and classpath variables needed to use the applications. Any new classpath settings, modification of the existing environment variables can also be done. The General settings is used to set the global settings which will be used throughout the AdventNet Simulation Toolkit package.
The following environment settings can be set using the settings option in the launcher:
Browser path - path for the web browser. The web browser is used for loading the applets and for viewing the help files. To set the path, click on the browse button and select the corresponding executable for the browser. (eg. c:\Program Files\communicator\netscape.exe or usr/bin/netscape). Please note that the complete file name has to be given, not just the path where the executable lies.
JAVA HOME - sets the JAVA_HOME environment variable. By default it uses the JRE bundled with the product. The user can set it for any Java version (i.e JDK 1.4 and above). If the field is left blank it will take the default option (JRE).
JAVA Classpath - the classpath settings necessary for running the application is set here. By default the necessary classpaths are already set. Additional classpath can be added to the existing list. Please note that the classpath settings takes precedence in the order in which they are listed.
The Applications folder in the settings panel displays all the applications that are part of the AdventNet Simulation Toolkit package. Any property specific to the application can be set by selecting the corresponding application. The settings tab corresponding to each application displays the class path settings specific to the application. Any new classpath settings can be added using this option.
To Quit from the Launcher application select Options -> Exit.
To view any error messages generated when the applications are started , select Options -> Log. The LogInfo dialog box is opened.
Select a particular log file name to view the error messages.
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