This guide describes how to install Rational Rose® Modeler 4.0 and Rational Rose/C++ 4.0 on Windows computers.
Contents[Note: The printed version of this installation guide is part number 507-006788-000, published in December 1996. Copyright © Rational Software Corporation. All rights reserved.]
ConventionsIn earlier releases of Windows, folders were called directories. Thus, this guide uses the term folder to mean a folder in Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, or a directory in Windows NT 3.5.1.
Also, this guide will refer to the Windows folder. Its typical location is:
The location, especially the drive letter, may be different on your computer.
[PREVIOUS] [NEXT] [Home] [Requirements] [Overview] [Installation] [Removal]To successfully install and run Rose 4.0, you need:
[PREVIOUS] [NEXT] - [Home] [Requirements] [Overview] [Installation] [Removal]The Rose 4.0 Setup wizard automatically installs the Rose executables and related files on your computer.
Recommendation: If you have Rose models that were created with a previous Rose release, do not delete or overwrite your previous release until all of your models have been successfully converted to Rose 4.0.
Note: In Windows NT, the installation is always done as a
personal (as opposed to common) one, whether or not you
have administrator privileges.
The Setup wizard decompresses files from the Rose release media and copies them to a folder on your hard disk. This folder is referred to as your Rose folder throughout this guide. The Setup wizard will suggest a location, but you can specify a different location.
In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, the Setup wizard creates a
folder in the Windows Start Menu\Programs folder and
populates it with program-item icons. You can then start Rose
by choosing it from the taskbar's Start > Programs menu.
In Windows NT 3.5.1, the Setup wizard creates a Windows Program Manager group and populates it with program-item icons. You can then start Rose by double-clicking on its icon in the Program Manager.
The Setup wizard creates program-item icons for:
The Setup wizard creates a rose.ini file, appropriately tailored
for the Rose product that you are installing, in your Windows
folder.
Note: If the Setup wizard encounters a rose.ini file from a
previous release, it moves the existing rose.ini to rose.0. If
rose.0 already exists, it moves the existing rose.ini to rose.1
instead, and so on with rose.2, rose.3, et cetera.
The Setup wizard logs installation progress to a file named
install.log that it creates in your Rose folder. In case you
encounter a problem with the installation, this file may help
you (or Rational Technical Support) diagnose it.
Disk 1 into your 3.5" disk drive.
Setup.exe from the Rose 4.0 release disk to start the
Setup wizard.
Note: In Windows NT 4.0 on Digital Alpha PCs, run
Setup.exe by choosing it via:
Startup > Programs > Fx!32 > Install X86 Application
Note: This step is important, because the first time you start Rose, it completes the installation by associating Rose filename extensions with the Rose executable. This allows Rose to be started automatically when you double-click on the icon for a Rose tutorial or model.
Eventually-for example, after you have successfully installed a newer Rose release-you may want to remove this Rose release. In Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0, you can remove this release by going to the Windows Control Panel and choosing Add/Remove Programs.
Note that in Windows NT 4.0, the uninstallation information for
Rose is stored in the registry as personal (as opposed to
common) information. Thus, it will be visible to only the user
who installed Rose.
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