Installation instructions for Rational Rose

In order to install Raional Rose on your personal PC, do the following:

1. Go to the provided link:
2. http://vili.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/intranet/r/scripts/rose/
3. Log in with your school account.
4. Fill in the requested details.
5. A page comes up that contains three downloadable files, C90HGM(Java)L.zip, C90HHM(VisBasic)L.zip, C90IOML(C++).zip. Select the archive of interest, e.g. C90HGM(Java)L.zip and save it locally to a directory called RationalRose (e.g. C:\RationalRose)
6. Wait until Phil (systems group) provides you with a licence.
7. Open Phil's email, select the text that refers to the licence (between the two lines "Cut Here") and copy paste this into a text file and rename this to rose_licence.txt. Save the txt file locally to your RationalRose directory.
8. Extract the archive that you have downloaded locally using a free version of WinRAR.
9. Click on the setup.exe file that is extracted in the root directory of RationalRose (or one level down from the root).
10. The "IBM Rational Rose Professional J. Edition Launch Pad" comes up. Select "Install IBM Rational Rose Prof. J Edition".
11. Under Deployment method, select "Desktop Installation from CD image".
12. Accept Terms&Conditions.
13. Accept default options.
14. At the end of the installation, read the "How to obtain release notes" page that pops up and close it.
15. When the "Licence Key Administrator Wizard" pops up, select the option "Import a Rational Licence file" and upload the file rose_licence.txt.
16. Accept the next default options.
17. The software has been installed successfully.
18. Do the same for other version that you may need, e.g. the C++ one.

To start using the application go to Start->Programs->IBM Rational->IBM Rational Rose Professional J Edition. A panel that contains a selection of projects comes up as shown below. Select J2SE 1.4 to create a new java project.