DownloadAndInstall

Download and Install

Before downloading can occur, you must have registered and be logged in. Downloads are available almost immediate for the following editions:

• Book
• Educational
• Evaluation

Purchases require more time since our sales need to confirm the purchase order and grant permission to download the corporate and personal editions.

After the installers are downloaded, a license will be generated and emailed to your account.

Regular 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 

If a no-installer is not available for download, you can manually extract the installer yourself. CaseTalk software installs are using InnoSetup. The required files and folders can be extracted using InnoExtract using the following commandline:

 innoextract.exe -e -d <target folder> CaseTalk.Edition.Version.exe 

Removable Media

Removable media 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>\{userappdata}\ 

Fileshare

Fileshares are typically used to easily deploy new files without the need to install the full package on every workstation. Since CaseTalk 8.15 the Portable App behaviour has been enhanced to support such installations.

Simply extract the non-installer zip file and copy the entire folder structure as is to the fileshare. Make sure all required configuration files are prepared appropriately in "{userappdata}". As soon as CaseTalk Modeler, -Viewer or -Manager is started, they'll pick up any defaults from that folder and store it in the user roaming profile folder for further storage and updates.

You may force this behaviour by using the commandline parameter "/Portable:Shared".

Configuration Files

The configuration files (ini, cfg, sty, key) are stored in this {userappdata} folder. If the folder lacks write permissions, these files are ignored and CaseTalk will attempt to find and store them in the users roaming profile folder.

Note: Therefor the administrator may pre-configure these, where the user may copy them to his/her local roaming file folder. (CaseTalk 8.15+ may provide automated file copying for that.)

Other

If you want even a more specific way of deployment, you can force CaseTalk to run as a portable app by starting it with an additional commandline parameter:

CaseTalk.exe /portable