DownloadAndInstall
Download and Install
Before downloading can occur, you must have a registered account and logged in. Downloads are available almost immediate for the following editions:
- Book
- Educational
- Evaluation
Full Installation
After downloading an installation file, you may simple run the program. The name is typically something like:
- CaseTalk.Edition.Version.exe
This installation will create several folders with files on your computer. By default the folders created are:
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BCP\CaseTalk
- C:\Users\<username>\AppData\CaseTalk8
- C:\Users\<username>\My Document\CaseTalk
Portable App
When a full blown installation is not required or unwanted, a more simple installation is available. This may be the case where you want you software to run from a USB Stick to be flexible on different workspaces. Or another more common use, is the deployment from a file server with a network share.
For this to work, you can download the software without installer (if available) which is a regular zip of 7zip file. You can extract the archive to any folder you like, and immediately start the software from the folder. This will be one of the following:
- <Extraction Path>\{app}\CaseTalk.exe
- <Extraction Path>\app\CaseTalk.exe
USB Stick
A USB Stick is commonly writeable which means CaseTalk will attempt to load and save all configuration files locally. Project files however are a different story and can be saved anywhere. Configuration files are stored in the unarchived folder:
- <Extraction Path>\{appdata}\
Fileshare are typically used to easily deploy new files without the need to install the full package on every workstation. However this may require some pre-configuration since not all users should write their personal configuration files on the same fileshare.
- Place the license key file next to the executable.
- Make sure CaseTalk does not attempt to save configuration files on the fileshare, you should remove (or make readonly) the folder <Extraction Path>\{appdata}
Optionally you may prevent the automatic online version update checks, by tweaking casetalk.ini on the fileshare:
[Application] AllowUpdateCheck=False