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Please read the System Requirements to make sure you have the necessary hardware and software in place before installing VolanoChat. In particular, make sure you have downloaded and installed both the Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ 2.0) and the MRJ Software Development Kit (SDK 2.0). This section tells you how to:
The installation and test can be performed in three steps:
Download the VolanoChat installation program for the Macintosh from the following link:
VolanoChat 2.0
Create a Mac application from the vchat200.class file by
following the steps in the Apple Mac OS 8.1
tips and tricks section. Enter the following JBindery information:
Class name: vchat200 Save settings as: vchat200
Run the VolanoChat installation program by double clicking the
vchat200 JBindery application. Then follow the installation
instructions on your screen. In choosing a destination location, you may
want to choose a location you can remember, such as a folder called
vchat2.0.0 on your local hard drive instead of the default
location shown on the Choose Destination Location window.
After installing VolanoChat, create Mac JBindery applications from each of the VolanoChat server Java applications by following the steps in Apple Mac OS 8.1 for each class file below:
Class name Classpath Save settings as
-------------------- ---------- ----------------
KeepAlive COM.volano.KeepAlive vchat2.0.0 vckeep
Server COM.volano.Main vchat2.0.0 vcstart
Status COM.volano.Status vchat2.0.0 vcstatus
Shutdown COM.volano.Shutdown vchat2.0.0 vcstop
Uninstall uninstall vchat2.0.0 uninstall
A folder called vcclient is created under the
installation folder. It contains the client applet code files and their
associated resource files. These files must be publicly available
through your Web server so that the applet can be retrieved onto its Web
pages.
Move this vcclient folder to your Web server public
access folder, such as the WebSTAR folder when running Quarterdeck's Web
server.
To start the VolanoChat server, launch the vcstart
JBindery application created in Step 1. After starting the server, you
should see the copyright notice:
VolanoChat(TM) Server Version 2.0.0 Build 103 Copyright (C) 1996-1998 Volano LLC. All rights reserved. blue.volano.com (192.168.0.3) VolanoChatPro - 5 connection limit. This evaluation copy expires on Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 PDT 1998.
If the license has expired, simply download the latest evaluation license key from one of the links below:
HTTP: http://www.volano.com/license.key - 381 bytes FTP: ftp://ftp.volano.com/license.key - 381 bytes
Place the file license.key in the VolanoChat server
installation directory, replacing the older file with the same name.
You must leave the VolanoChat server running for it to remain active. See the section below called Purchasing a license key for information on how to increase the server connection limit and remove its expiration date.
With the server running, point your browser to the
index.html file in the vcclient folder. You
should pull the Web page through your Web server using an
http:// address instead of using your browser's
File, Open Page menu item. Some browsers will fail to
connect when loading the applet with a file:// address.
If your browser and Web server are on the same machine, and you moved
the vcclient folder directly under your Web server's
public access folder, you can load the VolanoChat applet Web page
with the following link:
http://localhost/vcclient/index.html
If the server is on a different machine, you will need to replace
localhost with the actual host name where the server is
running. If you moved the vcclient folder somewhere
other than directly under your Web server's public access folder,
you'll need to specify the correct path to the
vcclient/index.html test Web page.
Connect to the VolanoChat server by clicking the applet button with the Volano logo on the test Web page.
You can purchase a license key from Volano to increase the VolanoChat server connection limit and remove its expiration date. All we need is the host name and port number on which you plan to run the VolanoChat server. The default port number is 8000, but you can choose any other valid port number as well.
If you don't know your server host name, just
send us the
support.log file that is generated by the VolanoChat server
each time you start it. Its contents look like the following:
server.version = Version 2.0.0 Build 103 server.license = VolanoChatPro - 5 connection limit server.expiration = Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 PDT 1998 server.host = blue.volano.com (192.168.0.3) server.port = 8000 java.vendor = Apple Computer, Inc. java.vendor.url = http://www.applejava.apple.com/ java.version = 1.1.3 java.class.version = 45.3 java.compiler = MRJ2Jitc os.name = Mac OS os.version = 8.1 os.arch = PowerPC user.language = en user.region = US file.encoding = MacTEC file.encoding.pkg = sun.io
From this file, we can generated a valid license key for any level of VolanoChat you purchase. The license key can be ordered at our Web site from the Pricing and Ordering page.
To stop the server, simply exit the vcstart application.
Once you have defined an administrator password, you can shutdown the
VolanoChat server by running the vcstop JBindery
application you created in Step 1. See the
VolanoChat server properties section for
information on defining an administrator password.
To uninstall VolanoChat, run the uninstall program by double clicking
the uninstall JBindery application you created in Step 1.
The uninstall program will remove the installation files while leaving
any new or modified files, such as your modified configuration files and
new log files. If you don't want these files, you may simply delete
them.
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