Manual Installation

This installation simply involves copying the SIS Desktop application files.

Manual installation offers more flexibility than the standard installer. However it requires a robust knowledge of the Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1 program structure and some familiarity in editing the system registry.

For more information please contact Cadcorp Technical Support

Manual Installation- things to remember

Does not register the product as installed.
Add-ins may require manual installation and configuration.
Needs manual addition of the licence file and copying of shortcuts to desktops
Can be customised to suit a specific environment or requirement
Requires knowledge of the structure.

With this method you may also need to separately install these pre-requisites:

Option	Requirement
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8	Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016 (16.0.5044)	Required for reading Microsoft EXCEL (.xlsx) and ACCESS (.accdb) documents if Microsoft Office is not installed.
Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.5 for SQL Server	Required for connecting to SQL Server databases

Settings for Manual Installation

Variable settings

To set the variable that will allow Add-Ins to be installed, create the appropriate key in the registry:

SIS x64 on 64-bit OS or SIS x86 on 32-bit OS:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cadcorp\SisDesktop\9.1\InstallPath

SIS x86 on 64-bit OS:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Cadcorp\SisDesktop\9.1\InstallPath

Then set the (Default) string value to where Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1 in installed. (e.g.C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1)

Adding a licence file

The licence file supplied by Cadcorp will be in this format:

cadcorp.lservrc.724274_DF_2D269_9.0

All you need to do is remove the numerical part of the file name so it is renamed as:

cadcorp.lservrc

Now simply place this renamed file in the installation folder.

Reducing the size of the Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1 installation

Certain large files in the Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1 installation can be safely removed (see effects of file deletion in italics below)

C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\Plugins\GBR\Cadcorp.OSGB.CodePointOpen.Plugin.db - 70MB
C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\Plugins\GBR\Cadcorp.OSGB.50k.Gazetteer.Plugin.db – 30MB
Geocoding processes using these OSGB address products cannot be used.

C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\Cadcorp.OS.MM.Manager.ocx – 36MB
The OS MasterMap Manager cannot be run.

C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\3D.Backdrops\Default.db – 52MB
The user will have limited choice of globes when using the 3D Window.

C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\Cadcorp.SIS.Control.ocx – 59MB
ActiveX applications cannot be run.

C:\Program Files\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\Templates – 400MB
Optional and contains only sample data.

Adding SIS in Python

.dll file version numbers may vary.

Copy the files as follows:

From ..\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1

lsapiw64.dll
d3dcompiler_47.dll 
sx32w.dll
xerces-c_3_2_cadcorp.dll

From ..\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\SISPy

sis.pyd

From ..\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1 (to) ..\Python32\DLLs\sis.runtime:

<DIR> 3D.Backdrops
<DIR> COM
<DIR> gdal
<DIR> Libraries
<DIR> NTv2
<DIR> OSRM
<DIR> OSTN
<DIR> PDAL
<DIR> Plugins
<DIR> OracleInstantClient
<DIR> Tiling Schemes
<DIR> Valhalla
BCGCBPRO3300u143.dll
Cadcorp.SIS.Resources.dll
d3dcompiler_47.dll
Default.css
geos.dll
geos_c.dll
lsapiw64.dll
xerces-c_3_1_cadcorp.dll

Adding SIS in FME

SIS in FME 9.1 will only be supported in 64-bit.

.dll file version numbers may vary.

Copy the files as follows:

From ..\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\FME\formatsinfo (to) ..\FME\formatsinfo

cadcorp_bds.db
cadcorp_fdb.db
cadcorp_idb.db
cadcorp_odb.db

From ..\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\FME\metafile (to) ..\FME\metafile

cadcorp_bds.fmf
cadcorp_fdb.fmf
cadcorp_idb.fmf
cadcorp_odb.fmf

From..\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\ (to) ..\FME\plugins\Cadcorp

<DIR> 3D.Backdrops
<DIR> COM
<DIR> gdal
<DIR> Libraries
<DIR> NTv2
<DIR> OracleInstantClient 
(OracleInstantClient folder will only be found in the SIS Desktop folder if the corresponding 
optional feature was selected during installation of SIS Desktop)
<DIR> OSTN
<DIR> Plugins
<DIR> Tiling.Schemes
BCGCBPRO3330u143.dll 
Cadcorp.SIS.Resources.dll
cadcorp.lservrc (optional: Copy only if using standalone licensing)
geos.dll
mfc140u.dll
msvcp140.dll
xerces-c_3_2_cadcorp.dll
lsapiw64.dll 
sx32w.dll

From..\Cadcorp SIS Desktop 9.1\FME (to) ..\FME\plugins\Cadcorp

Cadcorp.SIS.FME.Plugin.ini(optional: Copy only if using network licensing)