Rainbow

Installation

Rainbow runs on any version of Windows that can run the Microsoft .NET Framework v2.0 or higher: Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 (all versions—Service Pack 6a required), Windows 2000 (all versions—no Service Packs required), Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, and Windows Vista.

If you do not have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 runtime files installed, the installation will be interrupted and you will be prompted to install the framework. Once the framework is installed you can re-run Rainbow's installer.

If you have already on your system...

• A previous version of Okapi Rainbow (Rainbow 5.x), you must un-install it before installing the new version.
• Any version of ENLASO Rainbow (Rainbow 1.x to 4.x), you do not have to un-install it. Both applications can run on the same system at the same time.

To install Rainbow:

1. Download the installation package from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42949
2. Open or unzip the ZIP file
3. Execute the RainbowInstaller.msi file
4. Follow the installation instructions. Note that if you have several Okapi applications installed (like Rainbow and Olifant), you should select the same installation folder (by default: "C:\Program Files\Okapi") for all of them.

Tikal and some utilities and filters can also be used under Mono, on various OS such as Windows, Linux, and Mac. For information about how to install and work with the subset of Okapi Tools available for Mono, see the Okapi for Mono page.

Un-Installation

To un-install Rainbow:

1. Go to the Control Panel.

2. Select Add/Remove Programs.
3. Select the entry for Okapi Rainbow.
4. Click Remove.

In some cases you can also directly re-run the installer: if the application is already installed and if the version is similar, it will ask you if you want to remove it or repair it. Simply select the removal option.

Beta Versions

Some utilities or filters may be labeled "Alpha" or "Beta" because they are not completely developed. As a general rule you should avoid using such components for real project work. Sometimes, the equivalent filters or utilities may be available in the "old" version of Rainbow (v4.x) which can be installed and run independently from Okapi Tools. Rainbow v4 can be found here.

Changes Between Releases

• Added the InfoString filter.
• Term Extraction utility:
  • Added the Preserve case differences option
  • Fixed the issue where cultural-specific folding (e.g. between "ß" and "ss" was causing error). This resolves Bug #2005263.
  • Added the apostrophe in the list of word-separator characters.
• XSL Transformation utility:
  • Changed the default loading of the input to preserve spaces, for a temporary work-around the use of XmlDocument rather than an InputStream as described in Bug #2029328.
• Rainbow:
  • Added the option Allow duplicate files in input lists. The default is no to allow duplicates.

Support

If you have questions, suggestions or bug to report, you can do this different ways:

• Use the Send Feedback command in the Help menu of Rainbow.
• Read and post notes in the Okapi Tools users group (you need to be registered member to post, but not to read).
• Post an email to the Okapi Framework administrator (you need to be logged in SourceForge.net for this).
• Fill a bug report in the Bug List (Click Submit New on that page, no login needed)
• Fill a feature request in the Feature Request List (Click Submit New on that page, no login needed)

Known Issues

Reported known issues are listed in the Bug List pages.