Page Tag

An application for tagging pages in a digital library.

 

Installing the Software

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Installation Steps From Windows Setup File:

  1. Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) by running j2re-1_4_1_02-windows-i586.exe.
  2. Install Java Advanced Imaging Toolkit by running jai-1_1_2-rc-lib-windows-i586-jre.exe. Make sure that it is extracted to the directory where the JRE was installed (the default).
  3. Run PTSetup.exe, selecting the JRE that you just installed for use by PageTag.
  4. Choose the option for making a shortcut to your desktop, if desired.

 

Installation Steps From a Zip File on Windows:

  1. Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) by running j2re-1_4_1_02-windows-i586.exe.
  2. Install Java Advanced Imaging Toolkit by running jai-1_1_2-rc-lib-windows-i586-jre.exe. Make sure that it is extracted to the directory where the JRE was installed (the default).
  3. Extract the contents of PageTagInstaller.zip into a folder on the disk
  4. Ensure that system level databases are available and configured properly (contact your PageTag system administrator or see the System Administrator documentation that is included with this distribution)
  5. Run PageTag as follows: "java -jar PageTag.jar". This will generate the PageTag.props file with default settings.
  6. Edit the PageTag.props file, if the defaults are not appropriate for your site. The defaults for the PageTag.props file and the meaning of each setting are described below.

Properties File Described

#Image Tag Properties
#Sun Feb 17 20:06:09 EST 2002
PreferredHeight=0
LogLevel=0
PreferredWidth=0
Volume=PageTagVolume
Project=PageTagProject
Database=PageTagDB
DocDirectory=file:///c:/ImageTagJava/Docs
ImageType=tif

 

When "PreferredHeight" or "PreferredWidth" are set to 0, the full size of the display is used for PageTag. "LogLevel" controls the severity of log messages that will be logged. A number of 0 indicates that only errors will be logged. A higher number (10, 20, 30) will also log various levels of informational messages. The values represented by "Volume", "Project", and "Database" correspond to the DSNs that will be used for accessing the database tables. See PageTag Administration help for information on registering databases. DocDirectory is to be established by the PageTag Administrator, for locating help files (on a file server). ImageType defines the types of images that you would like to view with PageTag.

Running the Software

From the PageTag folder, run "java -jar PageTag.jar". This uses the default "PageTag.props" file for configuring options when running PageTag. To use a different file, run PageTag as "java -jar PageTag.jar filename", where filename contains the properties.

 

Page Last Modified: August 8, 2004