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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 to get a copy of the source code from the EwE Subversion repository,
- Log-in access to SVN, which we will provide to you upon request.
- The URL to our Subversion repository: http://sources.ecopath.org/svn/Ecopath/trunk/Ecopath6
- Note: if you cannot use SVN, you can download the latest version of the EwE6 source code as a zip file.
>> Show SVN step-by-step instructions
To compile and run the source code of Ecopath version 6, you require:
- Microsoft Windows XP or newer. The EwE6 sources are not MONO compliant.
- A development environment such as Microsoft Visual Basic Express 2010 or newer, or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 or newer
- Microsoft Jet Engine 4.0 for using MDB databases. Native to Windows XP and newer.
- Microsoft 2007 Office drivers for using ACCDB databases. Installed with Office 2007, and native to some versions of Windows.
>> Show Visual Studio step-by-step instructions
To compile and run the source code of Ecopath version 5, you require:
- Microsoft Visual Basic 6.
- Windows XP. Visual Basic 6 does not work well on the 64 bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7. You can develop using Windows 7 and 8 excellent Hyper-V virtual PC.
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:
