Instructions for downloading, installing and running DIM on

Instructions for downloading, installing and running DIM on Windows NT/2000/XP/W7/W10 Latest version Release Notes 1. Download

get the file dim.zip
unzip (extract) dim.zip onto a DIM folder

2. Installation

Insert .../DIM/bin in the "path" (Control Panel, System, Environment tab)
set the environment variable DIM_DNS_NODE to <node name>, <node name> is the complete name of the node where the DIM Name Server (Dns) will run, ex. hpplus003.cern.ch. ( again Control Panel, System, Environment tab).

3. Running

If you want to run Dns in the PC: In the Command Prompt type "dns".
The DIM display tool for windows is DIM/bin/DID
From then on you can start DIM servers and clients, some example ones are available, you can start them by:

test_server <server name>
test_client <client name> <server name>

In order to make your own servers and/or clients you have to link them with dim.lib in DIM/bin (also dim.dll is there). The DIM/src/examples directory contains the source code of the examples and devstudio settings to compile and link them (dimVS15.sln) are available in DIM/Visual.
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