Installation Instructions


Introduction
Installation
Capabilities
Design Examples
Usage notes

Before installing the DEMAIS software, be sure that you have installed and tested the required Java software, including the JDK, JMF, and JSAPI components. You can unzip the DEMAIS zip file in any directory you wish. For instructional purposes, I'll assume you have unzipped the software in a directory named d:\software.

  • Add d:\software\DEMAIS to your CLASSPATH environment variable. Start a command prompt and check that d:\software\DEMAIS appears in the CLASSPATH variable.
  • Install the sketch fonts onto your machine. The font files are located in the directory

    d:\software\DEMAIS\edu\uofminnesota\DEMAIS\usrinterface\Fonts

    Follow standard procedures for installing a new font for your specific operating system. In the properties file, you can specify which of these two fonts, or a different font altogether, you want to use for the storyboard text. The application default is the augie font.

That completes the installation. To execute DEMAIS, cd into the directory d:\software\DEMAIS and type the command run-demais. The main application window should appear shortly.

Note: The application may take about a minute or more to load depending on your machine capabilities. The slow load time is a result of training the gesture recognition engine. Once the application is loaded and the recognition engine is trained, the performance of the application should be reasonable.