2 Installation
There are two different MIB Designer installation packages available for download from http://www.mibdesigner.com.
The preffered, if Java Web Start is available on your system, is the Java Web Start download from http://www.mibdesigner.com/MIBDesignerWebStart.jnlp.
See section “System Requirements” on page 1 for the system requirements of the supported platforms.
The mibdesigner.jar file can be used on all platforms, including Windows, but without start menu integration.
The preffered installation option is Java WebStart, because MIB Designer will be automatically updated with the latest version - unless you deactivate the WebStart update option.
To start the installation simply click on http://www.mibdesigner.com/MIBDesignerWebStart.jnlp and follow the instructions.
Once you have started MIB Designer and entered your license information, choose to install MIB Designer MIB files and repository as well as other accompanied files on your system.
Download the mibdesigner.jar file in a folder of your choice. Start the MIB Designer application by
double clicking it from your system’s file explorer, or
running:
java -jar mibdesigner.jar
Once you have started MIB Designer and entered your license information, choose to install MIB Designer MIB files and repository as well as other accompanied files on your system.
If you have used WebStart to install MIB Designer then you can start it from your systems application start menu or clicking on http://www.mibdesigner.com/MIBDesignerWebStart.jnlp.
Otherwise double click the downloaded mibdesigner.jar file or run java -jar mibdesigner.jar from the command line.
When MIB Designer is started for the first time, you will be prompted for your license information.
Please enter your license including blanks! The license key, which is case sensitive, must be entered without any blanks!
If you are using a restricted license you can upgrade it later without reinstalling MIB Designer by choosing from the main menu.
A MIB file can be specified as command line parameter which is then compiled and loaded on startup:
java -jar mibdesigner.jar <mibfile>
When installed through Java WebStart, MIB Designer will be automatically updated through WebStart on application startup, if a newer version is available on the MIB Designer web site.
If a newer version of the accompanied file set is available with the new version, MIB Designer will ask you to install them over the current installation location. If you confirm the installation, MIB Designer will overwrite existing files with their newer version unless you have activated the setting “Warn before overwriting files”. See “Other Options” on page 68.
Note: The files installed by using MIB Designer’s menu item must be uninstalled manually, if they are no longer needed.
If MIB Designer has been installed using Java WebStart, then run
javaws -viewer
to bring up the Java WebStart viewer. Select “MIB Designer” from the cached applications list and use from the context menu to remove MIB Designer from your WebStart cache. This will also remove any desktop integration from your start menu.
If you have not used Java WebStart to run MIB Designer it is sufficient to remove the mibdesigner.jar file and optionally the accompanied files installed by MIB Designer on its first startup.
MIB Designer holds its configuration data in the MIBDesigner3.cf (MIBDesigner2.cf for MIB Designer 2.x) file in your home directory. To completely uninstall MIB Designer, this file has to be removed manually. By removing it, you will have to reenter your license information - as well as other configurations - when you reinstall MIB Designer.