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System requirements for using APGen 2.1 are:
APGen has no other hardware or software requirements. However, some of the examples included with APGen require:
Windows 2000 includes IIS 5.0, IE 5.0 and MDAC 2.5. Windows 2000 Server includes MSMQ. If you are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you already have the components required for most of the examples.
The Adventure Works Equipment and MSMQ examples require WebGecko ASPCache 1.1 or later. A free 30 day trial of ASPCache can be downloaded from http://www.webgecko.com/trial/.
The computer that runs APGen does not have to be a web server. APGen does not require a specific web server, browser, or browser extension, because the output files are industry standard formats (HTML, XML, ASP, etc). APGen can generate files that can be served from any web server and platform, including UNIX, LINUX, Apache, and Java application servers.
For development purposes, we recommend that APGen be used with Visual InterDev 6.0 or Visual Studio.NET. These are the preferred editors and debuggers for APG scripts.
Version 1.0 of the Microsoft Script Debugger (which shipped with the NT Option Pack) has some known issues/bugs, particularly when used with the 5.0 scripting engines. They have been resolved in Version 1.0a of the Microsoft Script Debugger. If you are using the NT Option Pack Script Debugger, we recommend that you download version 1.0a from http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/debugger/dbdown.htm.
The Adventure Works Equipment and Discussion Board examples require MS Access Drivers and IIS 4.0 or later. The MSMQ example requires IIS 4.0 or later. These requirements only apply to the ASP examples; the APGen product is not tied to a specific web server or to Active Server Pages.
The SQL Trigger and MSMQ examples require SQL Server 7.0 or later.
The MSMQ example requires Microsoft Message Queue (MSMQ), which comes with Windows 2000 Server or the NT 4.0 Option Pack.
The Outlook example requires Microsoft Outlook 98 or later.
APGen uses Microsoft JScript™ and VBScript®. The JScript and VBScript version 5.0 scripting engines are installed with APGen. These are the same scripting engines that are shipped with Internet Explorer 5.0. You can install newer scripting engines when they become available, and any new language features can be used within APGen.
APGen does not include documentation for the JScript or VBScript languages. If you do not have Visual InterDev 98 installed, or another tool installed that includes JScript and VBScript documentation, then you can obtain the documentation separately. JScript documentation and information are available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/jscript. VBScript documentation and information are available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting/vbscript.
The Active Scripting languages PerlScript and Python can also be used within Active Page Generator. PerlScript is available at http://www.activestate.com/. Python is available at http://www.python.org. These script engines must be downloaded and installed separately. For more information on using these languages, see Using Other Script Languages.