Note: During this installation procedure you will be prompted for the standalone licence. Ensure you have this licence file in a convenient location on your computer before commencing installation. As part of the installation process, the licence file will be renamed to remove the reference number.
It is necessary that you have Administrator privileges to install SIS. If you do not have these privileges you will be prompted during the installation procedure.
Note: If you are installing a SIS Service Release Upgrade it is not necessary to uninstall your existing installation. You can run the installation procedure over an existing installation and it will upgrade the version you are running.
To commence the SIS installation procedure navigate to the Cadcorp SIS 8.0.xxx.exe file. Either double-click on this file or right-click and select Open.
Before commencing the installation procedure a check is made to ensure there is sufficient space available on your computer.
Depending upon the presence of prerequisite software, which may or may not be already installed on your computer, you will either see a display, similar to below, requesting the installation of the required software, in this case click the Install button. If the prerequisite software is already installed you will see the screen titled Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Cadcorp SIS (x86). The screens shown in this procedure are for the 32-bit installation, screens for 64-bit installation are identical except that the (x86) qualifier will be replaced by (x64).
Click Install.
A green progress bar will be shown as each item is installed.
On completion the Preparing to Install... screen will be displayed:
When extraction is complete the Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard screen will be displayed:
Click Next.
Please read the displayed license agreements. If you wish to print the agreement press the Print button.
On acceptance of the agreement select the I accept the terms in the license agreement radio button and click Next.
The Customer Information screen will be displayed.
If you are using a Network Licence click here to return to the appropriate point in the Using a Network Licence installation procedure.
User Name – Enter your user name.
Organization – Enter the name of your organization.
Choose licence model – Select Standalone from the drop-down box.
Note: if you are using a network license model click here to go to the Installation using a Network Licence procedure.
Install this application for - Select the appropriate radio button to enable the application for Anyone who uses this computer (all users) or Only for me (). The User Name will be shown in the parentheses if this dialog is subsequently redisplayed.
Click Next.
The Standalone License screen will be displayed:
Licence file – Click the … button to navigate to the location of the standalone licence file.
Available products – The products to be installed will be shown in this panel.
In this example the Standalone License screen would be completed as shown:
Click Next.
The Destination Folder and Advanced Options screen will be displayed:
The default destination folder is C:\Program Files (x86)\Cadcorp SIS 8.0. If an alternative folder is required click Browse to display the Select Target Folder screen, and navigate to the required target folder.
Note: For 64-bit SIS installations the default destination folder is C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS 8.0.
Browse to and select the required target folder and click OK to return to the Destination Folder and Advanced Options screen.
If you wish to configure additional shortcut options click the Destination Folder and Advanced Options screen Advanced button.
The Advanced SIS Shortcut Configuration screen will be displayed:
Default SIS Workspace Definition – Click the ... button and navigate to the SIS Workspace Definition (SWD) to be loaded at start-up. Select the SWD and click OK to return to this screen. See the SIS Workspace Definition (SWD) topic.
Default project folder – Click the ... button and navigate to the folder to be used as the default project folder Select the folder and click OK to return to this screen. See the Project Folder topic.
Add-In Folder – Click the ... button and navigate to the target folder for Add-Ins. Select the folder and click OK to return to this screen. See the Applications tab-Add-Ins topic.
Load desktop settings from – Loads any desktop settings contained in the Options database. This database is typically located in C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Cadcorp SIS\8.0\Map Modeller.
This option can be used if you have an Options database already installed, perhaps from a previous SIS installation. In this case click the ... button and navigate to the required Options.db file and click Open. The location of the selected Options.db file will now be shown in the Load desktop settings from text box.
Country setting
Override system locale setting with - Select the radio button and choose the required country from the drop-down box.
All countries - Select the radio button for all countries.
Click OK to return to the Destination Folder and Advanced Options screen.
Click Next on the Destination Folder and Advanced Options screen.
The Setup Type screen will be displayed:
Select either:
Cadcorp SIS only to install only Cadcorp SIS.
Cadcorp SIS and additional programs to install additional programs, these can be any, or all, of the following:
Click Next.
The next screen to be shown will depend on the selection made in the Setup Type screen:
If the Cadcorp SIS only option is selected the Disk Space Requirements screen will be displayed (shown below).
If the Cadcorp SIS and additional programs option is selected the Custom Setup screen will be displayed:
The amount of space on your hard drive shown for each feature may vary and the figures given here are only intended as a guide.
Cadcorp Gazetteer:
Now fully integrated into the SIS interface, this Add-in provides gazetteer functionality against user defined databases.
This feature requires 1124KB on your hard drive.
Cadcorp Metadata Manager:
Allows you to manage, create and edit metadata from within SIS. This feature requires access to a GeognoSIS instance running an OGC Catalogue Service.
This feature requires 2240KB on your hard drive.
Cadcorp SIS Licence Administrator:
This application allows you to check and manage licences for SIS. It also helps in identifying the reason for licence failures.
This feature requires 2640KB on your hard drive.
Install the Oracle Instant Client for connecting to Oracle databases.
This feature requires 11MB on your hard drive.
3D Backdrop Download:
An add-in to download extra 3D backdrops.
This feature requires 216KB on your hard drive.
OS (GB) Tools:
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OS (GB) Tools comprises OS OpenData Manager, OS VectorMap Manager, OS MasterMap Manager and OS Network Manager.
This feature requires 38MB on your hard drive.
Each of the above features have the following installation alternatives:
This feature will be installed on local hard drive - will be completely installed to the local hard drive.
This feature, and all subfeatures, will be installed on local hard drive - will have any subfeatures installed to the local hard drive.
This feature will be installed when required - will be installed on first use.
This feature will not be available - will not be installed. this option does not apply to the Cadcorp SIS 8.0 installation option.
The following two alternatives will also be displayed if a feature supports the network option:
This feature will be installed to run from network - will be installed to run from the network.
The amount of disk space required on the hard drive is shown in the Feature Description pane to assist with the installation decision.
If you change your mind about a Custom Setup click Back to return to the Custom Setup screen.
Click Space on the Custom Setup screen to display the Disk Space Requirements screen to show the available space on your system and the total space required for all the selections you have made in the Custom Setup screen:
If you do not have sufficient disk space the volume will be highlighted to warn you.
Click Help on the Custom Setup screen to display the Custom Setup Tips screen:
This screen reiterates the meanings of the installation options. If you are satisfied with the selections you have made click OK to return control to the Custom Setup screen.
Note: These installations can be changed after SIS installation by going to Control Panel > Uninstall or change a program, selecting Cadcorp SIS 8.0 with the right-button and choosing Modify from the local menu.
Click OK on the Custom Setup Tips screen.
The SIS in Python dialog will now be displayed:
This screen gives you the following options for the installation of Python:
See Python Overview for details of Python.
Select the required option in the SIS in Python dialog and click Next.
If FME software is installed on your machine you will now see the following SIS in FME dialog.
If you do not have FME software installed on your machine the SIS in FME dialog will not be shown and you will go straight from the SIS in Python dialog to the Ready to Install the Program screen.
Select either I don't want to install SIS in FME or Add the SIS componet to my existing FME installation. If you select the second option select the FME build in which you want to install the SIS component from the drop-down list.
Click Next.
The Ready to Install the Program screen will be shown
Click Install.
A green bar will show the progress of the installation.
On completion the InstallShield Wizard Completed screen will be displayed:
Click Finish to exit the InstallShield Wizard.
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