Technical FAQ

Software requirements

To obtain the source code of EwE 5 and 6, you will need the following:

• A Subversion client such as ​TortoiseSVN
• Log-in access to this site (please contact us if you need this)
• Use the following URL for the Ecopath sources repository: http://sources.ecopath.org/svn/Ecopath/trunk/Ecopath6

To compile the source code of EwE, you will need:

• Microsoft Windows XP or newer. The EwE6 sources are not ​MONO compliant.
• ​Microsoft Visual Basic 6 for EwE5.
• ​Microsoft Visual Basic Express or ​Microsoft Visual Studio for EwE6.
• ​Microsoft Jet Engine 4.0 for using the MDB drivers. Native to Windows XP and newer.
• ​Microsoft 2007 Office drivers for using ACCDB database drives. Installed with Office 2007, and native to Windows Vista and newer.

Code documentation

• Documenting your code - How to write and publish in-code documentation with Visual Studio and ​SandCastle

Coding issues

We've ran into a series of limitations and oddities that we want to prevent from happening. Here are a few links that convey some of our experiences:

• Best practices
• Solving key EwE6 source code errors