Installation Instructions for the Managing Engineering Design (MED) Interactive Web Site

The interactive Web site is constructed using Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP). These instructions outline the procedure for setting up the interactive Web site using either the Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS) or Internet Information Server (IIS) on your local computer. PWS and IIS may be provided with your operating system.

1. Installing PWS or IIS on your local computer

If you are a Windows 95, 98 or NT Workstation user, you can install and run Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS) on your local computer. If you're either a Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro user, you can install and run Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS), on your local computer. NB. It's a good idea to consult your system administrator before installing a Web server because they may be familiar with your network configuration.

1.1 Installing PWS

If you're a Windows 98 user, you'll find a copy of PWS in the Add-Ons/PWS folder on your Windows 98 CD. If you're a Windows 95 or NT Workstation user, you can download PWS from Microsoft's Web site (http://www.microsoft.com).

Before installing PWS, make sure Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later is installed on your system: PWS won't install without it.

To install PWS on your system:

1. Double-click the PWS installation file on the Windows 98 CD, or the file you downloaded from the Microsoft Web site.
2. Follow the installation wizard.
3. When asked by your default Web publishing home directory, accept the default directory: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot
4. Click Finish to end the installation process.
5. Check PWS is working by typing http://localhost in your Web browser's address box.

1.2 Installing IIS

If you are either a Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro user, a copy of IIS included with your operating system.

Internet Information Services is not installed on Windows 2000 Pro or Windows XP Pro by default. You can install IIS or select additional components by using the Add/Remove Programs application in Control Panel.

1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel and start the Add/Remove Programs application.
2. Select Add/Remove Windows Components, then select Internet Information services and then follow the on-screen instructions to install components to IIS (you may require the Windows CD to install components)
3. Check IIS is working by typing http://localhost in your Web browser's address box.

2. Set up a published folder on your Web server

If you use Microsoft's Personal Web Server or Internet Information Server (IIS), the easiest way to set up a published folder is to add a sub-folder to the c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ folder. In this particular case we have named the sub-folder 'med_project'. To set up the published folder, copy the med_project sub-folder from the CD-ROM to the c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ folder. The local address for this folder will be c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\med_project

Next, you need to make sure that IIS can write and modify files in the MED directory. The procedure is as follows:

1. Find the folder you copied across from the CD. (i.e. c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\med_project). 
2. Right click on this folder, and select Properties.
3. Uncheck Read-only, if it is checked.
4. Click on the Security tab in the med_project properties window. If you are using Windows XP, and you don't see this tab, close the properties window, select Tools > Folder Options > View from the menu, and uncheck the option Use simple file sharing. Go back to the properties window again, and click on the Security tab.
5. Click Add and find, then select the user IUSR_<COMPUTERNAME>.(For example, if your computer is called 'SPRINGER', select the user IUSR_SPRINGER). If you're on a private domain, for example a university network, you might need to find your computer in the 'Look in' drop down box. Click Add, then OK.
6. Highlight the name IUSR_<COMPUTERNAME> and select the Full Control checkbox in the allow column to assign permissions to the IUSR account. Select OK to close the med_project properties window. 
7. Find the file called med_pro.mdb in the c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\med_project folder. 
8. Right click on this file, and select Properties.
9. Uncheck Read-only. Select OK to close the med_pro properties window. 

3. Create a Data Source Name

Once your interactive Web site has been copied from the CD-ROM to the published folder, you will need to set up a Data Source Name (DSN) which is a kind of shortcut used to establish a connection between the database and the active server pages. 

To set up a DSN in Windows:

4. Viewing the MED Interactive Web Site

The MED Interactive Web Site may be viewed from http://localhost/med_project/medhm.asp from your internet browser.  Optimal use of this Web site requires Microsoft Internet Explorer.