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Installing Dimensions Development Library

The sample source code for Dimensions Development Library (DDL) requires that you have the appropriate development environment (for example, Visual Basic® or C++®) installed on your machine. In addition, you need Dimensions Data Model™ 2.5 or above, (the majority of the sample scripts require Dimensions Data Model 2.10 or above). Some of the example scripts and tools require the Dimensions suite of products (mrStudio™, mrStudio Tables Option, mrStudio Interview Option, mrInterview™, and mrTables™). These examples are optimized to work on the latest versions of the Dimensions software. The DDL documentation does not require Dimensions software to be installed. Instructions for installing the Dimensions Development Library 4.5 follow.

  1. Review the system requirements to ensure compliance
  2. Download the DDL4.5.zip (archive) file
  3. When the download is complete, locate the folder in which you downloaded the .zip file
  4. Using a program for extracting files from a .zip archive, open the archive file that you downloaded
  5. Extract all the files in the archive to the folder of your choice
  6. Once extraction is complete, go to the folder the installation files were extracted to and double-click Setup.exe. This starts the Dimensions Development Library Setup wizard.
  7. Follow the prompts to install. On clicking Finished the installation is complete.
  8. Read Getting Started, which covers the first steps in opening and using the documentation and sample programs