Argo/UML v0.5.2 QuickStart
Before starting you need to:
- Get a Java 1.1 Virtual Machine, such as Sun's JDK 1.1.7 or JRE 1.1.7. (Do not use JDK 1.2 beta 4.)
- Download Sun's Swing version 1.0.3. (Do not use Swing 1.1 beta.)
- Remove any previous versions of Argo/UML that you may have downloaded, or keep
them in a different directory. Do not install one version of Argo/UML in the same directory as a previous version.
- Download the compiled
version of Argo/UML, or download the source code version and compile it.
To run Argo/UML with JDK:
- Step 1. Unzip argouml.zip to get argouml.jar. DO NOT UNZIP OR UNJAR argouml.jar.
- Step 2. If you downloaded swing103.zip then you will have to unzip it to get swing-1.0.3/swing.jar
- Step 3. Start a new command line window.
- Step 4. Set your CLASSPATH to include the following in the given order:
- any optional jar files that you downloaded
- argouml.jar or the directory above the "uci" source code directory.
- swing.jar
- Step 5. Set PATH to include jdk-1.1.7/bin.
- Step 6. Type the command "java uci.uml.Main"
If you find the fonts too small to read, you can get bigger fonts by using the
following command lines for Step 6:
java uci.uml.Main -big
or
java uci.uml.Main -huge
To run Argo/UML with JRE:
- Step 1. Unzip argouml.zip to get argouml.jar. DO NOT UNZIP OR UNJAR argouml.jar.
- Step 2. If you downloaded swing103.zip then you will have to unzip it to get swing-1.0.3/swing.jar
- Step 3. Start a new command line window.
- Step 5. Set PATH to include the jre executable.
- Step 6. Type the command "jre -cp ARGO;SWING uci.uml.Main"
Where ARGO is the full path to argouml.jar, and SWING is the full path to swing.jar.
If you find the fonts too small to read, you can get bigger fonts by using the
following command lines for Step 6:
jre -cp ARGO;SWING uci.uml.Main -big
or
jre -cp ARGO;SWING uci.uml.Main -huge
To quit Argo/UML:
Use the Exit menu item under the File menu, or press Alt-F4.
For more information on using Argo/UML, see the tours web page.
Keep in Mind:
Argo/UML is a research prototype for exploring the impact of cognitive support
features in CASE tools. It will evolve into a full featured CASE tool in the future, but it is not comparable to
commercial CASE tools yet. If you believe in the importance of a free CASE tool, please help in the development of Argo/UML.
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