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README for "Application Composer"


Congratulations! You've taken your first step in using "Application Composer".

Getting started

1) Launching Application Composer

Using Application Composer is the easiest way to start. There are several ways to launch Application Composer :

  1. On Windows : use the desktop shortcut or the start menu shortcut for Application Composer.
  2. On Linux : in a Console, go in the "Application Composer" directory of your installation then type the following command :
    >> ./Application Composer_linux.sh
  3. On Mac OSX : in a Console, go in the "Application Composer" directory of your installation then type the following command :
    >> ./Application Composer_mac.sh

2) Create or Open an application

Once Application Composer is launched, it is possible to select a demo application HOTEL or to create your own application.

HOTEL Application
To open the demo application Hotel, select it in the Application Composer opening screen.

Create a new application
To create a new application, click on the creation icon, then enter an identifier and a name for your application, and finally choose a save directory.

3) Modeling the application

If you chose to open HOTEL, you can modifiy the existing model.

You can refer to our tutorials and to models documentation for more information on application modeling with W4 applications.

4) Launching the application

Choose the wiewer to launch the application the "Run" menu in Application Composer.

WARNING : to launch in light client mode, Tomcat must be configured in the "Preferences" menu of the toolbar.
If using the standard Tomcat installation, you just need to enter the path to its root directory.
If that installation was modified, you must enter :


Documentation

Tutorials and User's manual

Javadoc, Models documentation

Requirements

In order to work, Application Composer needs :

Included softwares

This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/) under Apache 2.0 license :

This product includes software developed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence, LGPL 2.1 licence (http://sourceforge.net/projects/jfreechart/) :

This product includes software developed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public Licence LGPL 2.1 licence (http://www.hibernate.org/) :

This product includes software developed by IBM (http://www.eclipse.org/) under CPL 1.0 license :

This product includes software developed by MiG InfoCom (http://www.miginfocom.com/) under BSD license :

This product includes software developed by Heng Yuan (http://jscook.yuanheng.org/JSCookMenu/) under license :

This product includes software developed under the terms of the MIT License :

This product includes software developed under the terms of the Creative Commons 2.5 License :

This product includes software developed under the terms of the New BSD License :

This product includes software developed under the terms of the Mozilla Public License :