Worldgroup 3.1 Developer's Kits Notes ------------------------------------- Overview -------- At the time the that the Worldgroup 3.12 CD went to duplication, the Worldgroup Developer's Kit for Worldgroup 3.12 was not ready. If you have purchased a license to use the Worldgroup Developer's Kit, we are making the Developer's Kit available to you for download from the File Library on the Galacticomm Demo System. In order to install the Developer's Kit, you need an activation code to unlock the files. The activation code works for all components of the Developer's Kit. If you purchased an ASUP or one shot Upgrade to Worldgroup prior to August, your CD along with the activation code was sent to you during the middle of August 1998. If you purchased a new license or upgrade after the middle of August, you will receive the activation code with your purchase. The Developer's Kit consists of four components: o Worldgroup Server Developer Kit - Server side code for NT/95/DOS o Worldgroup Client Developer Kit - Client side code for WGM apps o Worldgroup IS5 Developer Kit - Build InstallShield configs for NT/95 o Worldgroup DOS only Developer Kit - DOS version of Worldgroup Server Five separate libraries have been be created on the Galacticomm Demo System: o DEV31SVR - Containing the Server Developer Kit in multiple files o DEV31CLI - Containing the Client Developer Kit in multiple files o DEV31IS5 - Containing the IS5 Developer Kit in multiple files o DEV31ALL - Containing the above kits in self extracting executables o DEV31DOS - Containing the DOS Server Developer Kit in multiple files Documentation ------------- Current Documentation for all of the Worldgroup Developer's Kit is included in the Worldgroup Server Developer Kit. It is in the form of Windows Help. We apologize but documentation is not available in a format readable by DOS only systems. In addition to the Windows Help, the latest changes to the development environment are available as a WORD '97 Document and Rich Text Format files located in the DEV31ALL Library. The files are listed as WG312DEV.DOC and WG312DEV.RTF. Galacticomm is currently updating the Windows Help Files and will make updated versions of them available to developers when they are completed. The files will be posted in the DEV31ALL directory once available. Downloading the Kits -------------------- Galacticomm is making the NT/95 kits available for download in two forms. Each kit can be downloaded as a single large self extracting executable, from the DEV31ALL Library or if you have trouble downloading large files, you can download each kit in smaller multiple files, with each file smaller than 1.44 megabytes. While the files fit on 1.44M floppy disks, the installation files for each developer kit must be copied to a single directory on your hard drive to be installed properly. The DOS only developers kit is only available as a multiple small file download and is in the DEV31DOS Library. All the files in that library must be downloaded to a single directory for the installation to work. Installing Developer's Kits --------------------------- The Worldgroup Server Developer Kit and the Worldgroup Client Developer Kit only install on a machine that has a valid installation of a Worldgroup 3.12 Server. The Worldgroup IS5 Developer Kit should only be installed on a machine that has a valid installation of InstallShield Professional 5.1. The DOS only kit can be installed on any machine with enough space. All developer kits require an activation code to unlock the encrypted files before the installation proceeds. If you install the Worldgroup Server Developer Kit, you do not need the DOS only kit. The DOS only kit has 16-bit utilities that will run on DOS or Windows machines. On the other hand the Worldgroup Server Developer Kit has 32-bit utilities that require Windows NT/95 to run. Unless you are working strictly with DOS, we recommend you use the Worldgroup Server Developer Kit. Worldgroup Server Developer Kit ------------------------------- This development kit allows you to create or rebuild Worldgroup Server Side components. This kit also contains all the documentation for all the development kits. This kit requires Borland C++ v5.00 compiler. Borland has shipped maintenance releases of their v5 compiler with codes of v5.01 and v5.02. These versions do not generate Worldgroup 3.12 COMPATIBLE code. Worldgroup Client Developer Kit ------------------------------- This development kit allows you to created or rebuild Worldgroup Client Side components. The kit requires Microsoft Visual Basic v3.00 and certain VB3 3rd party .VBXs and .DLLs. Worldgroup IS5 Developer Kit ---------------------------- This development kit allows you to create InstallShield Professional v5.1 installation scripts for the NT/95 version of Worldgroup. During installation of this developer kit, the install program will look for the InstallShield Professional 5.1 registry entries. This developer kit will install files in the IS5 directories. Worldgroup DOS Developer Kit ---------------------------- This development kit allows you to create DOS versions of the Worldgroup Server Side components. This installation process for this development kit is DOS based and is intended for developers working strictly in a DOS environment. This development kit requires Borland C++ v5.00 and Phar Lap 286|SDK.