JMC Installing Online Software - Manual (Page 29)

JMC Online Software Page 29 of 81 Last update on 7/17/08
5. To create and configure a preferences file for each JMC_Online_XX-YY
application:
a. Temporarily install a copy of your JMC XX-YY Office Application (not
the CGI or Online software) onto the JMC Online server.
b. Run the JMC Office Application and locate the data and transcripts folders
when prompted. These paths will be stored so the JMC Online software
can access your JMC student data.
Note: For more information about connecting and switching databases,
see File-Switch Databases… in the JMC Administrator Handbook.
c. When the main screen appears, select the File-Select Online Software…
and locate JMC_Online_XXYY (where XXYY is the school year, e.g.
0607) in the appropriate folder within the Applications folder on your
Online Server’s hard drive. A JMC Preferences file will then be created
specifically for the specified copy of the JMC Online software and will be
stored in the same folder as the JMC Online software.
d. At this point you may exit the JMC Office Application. This copy of the
JMC Office Application is no longer needed on the JMC Online server.
You may remove it if you wish.
6. If you are going to use the Online GradeBook module (not the IP GradeBook),
please also copy the files "GradeBookXXYYv1.jar" (where XXYY means the
school year, e.g. 0607) and "swingall.jar" into the same folder with each CGI on
the web server. These files can be obtained from same Online Software folder
that you just downloaded – the same folder that contained the CGI. Occasionally,
these files will not be present in your download – rest assured that they will be
available in a future download. Check with JMC for availability.
7. To verify the Online Software and CGI setup for a specific building, you may run
the JMC Online XX-YY application. Once it is running, the name of the school
building for the attached database will be displayed at the top of the main screen
of the JMC Online XX-YY software.
8. To verify web browser access to the data for a specific building, type in the web
server IP address and pathname as follows:
http://AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD/cgi-bin/MSJMC/JMC.cgi
where AAA.BBB.CCC.DDD is the IP address of the web server and the MSJMC
is specified for the MS login (must include the folder for the appropriate building
in the pathname).
Note: IMPORTANT – The JMC Online XX-YY software must stay
running in order for it to handle user requests. It may be added to the
startup items for a Macintosh computer or server to help ensure that the
software gets started up every time the machine is booted up.