Installation


Prerequisites

IMPORTANT: Read ALL of the installation instructions BEFORE beginning installation.

This release of the RELOAD Editor requires the Java Development Kit (JDK) from any one of the following Java versions:

  • Java SE 6, Updates 1 through 7 *
  • J2SE 5.0, Update 10 or later

The latest version of this software can be downloaded free of charge at http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp. Archived versions are available at http://java.sun.com/products/archive/. Refer to this site for a list of specific Java versions verified.

Notes:

  • RELOAD may run on old or new releases of the Java environment. RELOAD was tested on Java SE 6.
After installing the Java Development Kit, you must:
  1. Create an environment variable named "JAVA_HOME" and set its value to the root directory of the Java Development Kit.
    • For Windows XP: Right click "My Computer", select "Properties", select the "Advanced" tab and then click "Environment Variables". Add a JAVA_HOME entry in the User or System Variables that points to the location where you installed the Java Development Kit.
    • For Windows Vista: Open the "Start" menu and right click "Computer", select "Properties", select the "Advanced System Settings" link on the left navigation menu, and then click Environment Variables. Add a JAVA_HOME entry in the User or System Variables that points to the location where you installed the Java Development Kit.

  2. Add the full path of the Java Development Kit bin directory (where the java.exe is located) to the PATH environment variable.
    • For Windows XP: Right click "My Computer", select "Properties", select the "Advanced" tab and then click "Environment Variables". Add the Java Development Kit bin directory to the Path by adding a semicolon followed by a reference to the JAVA_HOME environment variable followed by "\bin" (i.e., %JAVA_HOME%\bin).
    • For Windows Vista: Open the "Start" menu and right click "Computer", select "Properties", select the "Advanced System Settings" link on the left navigation menu, and then click Environment Variables. Add the Java Development Kit bin directory to the Path by adding a semicolon followed by a reference to the JAVA_HOME environment variable followed by "\bin" (i.e., %JAVA_HOME%\bin).
Constraints

ADL tested RELOAD on the Intel® Pentium® PC platform running Microsoft® Windows® Vista SP1 and XP Professional SP3 for this release.

Installation

IMPORTANT: Only install RELOAD after installing the Java Development Kit as described in the Prerequisites.

RELOAD is available for download as a zip file. After you finish downloading the file:

  1. Extract the zip file to a location on your PC.
  2. Double-click on the ADL_SCORM_2004_RELOAD_1_1.jar executable jar file.

Uninstalling RELOAD
  • Delete the directory housing the RELOAD zip file to erase all RELOAD code.