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Jeremy, Claire:

I'd appreciate some updated instructions on running version 2.0 epsilon from a USB stick. It seems most of the posts on the forum reference file names / locations that only apply to previous revisions. Also, please keep in mind that some of us (like me) may not be at all familiar with editing batch files, etc.

I realize this is a topic that has been covered, but as a donor, I'd appreciate some added clarification. Perhaps a step-by-step posted on the FAQ would be beneficial.

Thanks,
Earl

I have asked Jeremy to look into it.

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Claire
ThinkingRock Analyst and Tester

Hi. I've always run TR from a USB stick. Since I have to use a PC at work (I have the pleasure of using a Mac at home), I need the cross platform compatibility. I simply opened the previous verson (1.2.3) in version 2.0 and away I went. Basically, I think that all you really have to do is to go to the preferences in TR and select your USB stick for the files under the Miscellaneous tab. Alternately, you could create a new file and just make sure that you navigate to the USB stick. I don't think that that has dramatically changed since the early versions.

Alternately, alternately, you could simply move your data file to the USB stick (better yet would be to copy it to the USB stick).

Anyway, I hope that Claire and Jeremy keep up the good work.

SM:

I have the entire file on my stick. It starts, but I have zero functionality; nothing works.

Any help on this is appreciated.

Claire:

Any update on revised procedures for running v2.0 from USB? I know I'm not the only one here who can't get the latest version running in this manner. I'm unable to install this software on my work computer, where I spend 98% of my computer time, so any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Just to let you know I am starting to do this now - sorry for the wait.

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I have written instructions for Mac and Linux (Windows soon) on http://www.thinkingrock.com.au/wiki/dok ... nstall:usb

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Here is the contents of my tr.cmd file which is how I run TR 2.0 epsilon on a USB stick for Windows:

@echo off
cls
SET JAVA_HOME=\jre1.5.0_11
SET PATH=%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin
cd \thinkingrock2\thinkingrock\bin
\thinkingrock2\thinkingrock\bin\thinkingrock.exe


Where I have copied the Java 1.5 JRE to \jre1.5.10_11 obviously. Works fine on multiple XP machines.

It would be great if I could also run this under Mac too, since I need to use both for work...

Randy

Thank you - that will save some time.


I am not sure that you can use java from a USB key on Mac - I think you need to install it on the Mac systems. However, Java is easy to install from the Apple Software Update menu.

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Claire
ThinkingRock Analyst and Tester

Actually, I think there is ONE MORE setting to get it to work. On my home PC which has JRE 1.4, even with JAVA_HOME set, it would still find the 1.4 not the 1.5 on my USB. I could get it to run if I edit the config file to set the JDK setting.

Edit the file \thinkingrock2\thinkingrock\etc\thinkingrock.conf and set the jdkhome setting to the USB java folder name:



where that is the same path to the 1.5 version as set in the batch file.

I did that and now I have it running off the USB drive and finding the correct java. Nice!

There is only one quirk I noticed -- I had to open up and find the default data file, thinkingrock.xml (or whatever) the first time. But it does seem to save it with the drive letter, so if you get different drive letters as you put the USB into different machines, you will have to manually find and reopen it. Not a big deal, though.

Thanks !

Randy

Hhm. Java should be on every Mac, but the issue would be the version. It should be settable with JAVA_HOME somewhere -- I've done that very thing with Linux servers before by setting the environment in shell script for an app. It should be the same process... Someone somewhere in the world must have needed to have a Mac with multiple JREs for different apps !

Hmm. I'll hit up my Mac geek next week about it.


Randy

It would be a great help if you could edit the wiki page with this info.

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