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mySiteOnCD Installing MPIF

 Installing
Install MPIF - mySiteOnCD
download the latest version of mpif and unzip on the root of the drive of your choice. this means that if you decide to install it on drive c: (or drive d:), the main directory that will be created from the archive should be c:\mpif (or d:\mpif). (we suppose that you chose c:\)
the unzip program will create:
  c:\mpif
  c:\mpif\UTILFILES
  c:\mpif\UTILFILES\mympif.ini
  c:\mpif\UTILFILES\httpdmpif.conf
  c:\mpif\UTILFILES\mpif.ico
  c:\mpif\UTILFILES\autorun.inf
  c:\mpif\Externals\
  c:\mpif\Externals\apache\
  c:\mpif\Externals\mysql\
  c:\mpif\Externals\php\
  c:\mpif\mpif.exe
  c:\mpif\mpif.ini
  c:\mpif\ApplicationStrings.ini
  c:\mpif\*.dll
  c:\mpif\*.bpl
  c:\mpif\history.txt
  c:\mpif\todo.txt
  c:\mpif\error.html
  c:\mpif\start.html

Install Apache, Php, MySQL
   - download and install apache with php and mysql on your PC.

   - copy all the contents of your apache directory in to c:\mpif\Externals\
     + copy httpdmpif.conf file in to c:\mpif\Externals\apache\conf\

   - copy all the contents of your mysql directory in to c:\mpif\Externals\
     + copy mympif.conf file in to c:\mpif\Externals\mysql\

Be sure
   - that no other mysql database server is running on your PC
   - it would be preferable that no other apache processes are running on your PC

Starting and stopping MPIF
   - double click on c:\mpif\mpif.exe and click start navigation.
   - to stop, use the menu: file -> exit or click the shutdown button

Personalizing MPIF
  • the start.html is the file that will be launched when you click start navigation. Edit it so you will start with your personalized application entry point.
  • error.html is a generic error explaining file. You may personalize it for your customer, so when some errors happen, they may contact you as per information. You can also add description of errors that may occur in your application..

Creating the CD
  • When you finish developing your application, in order to distribute it on CD, be sure that any file referred from you web application is in sub directory of the c:\mpif directory.
  • put the two files (autorun.inf and mpif.ico) in the UTILFILES subdirectory on your root directory of the CD image.
  • put mpif directory on the root directory of the CD image.
  • Burn your CD.

The created cd is autorunning
Enjoy running your dynamic website presentations without being connected to the net.

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