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Readme file: SESM (Scalable Entity Structure Modeller) Execution Environment

System requirement:
Operating System: Windows 2000/NT/XP
Development environment: java 1.5
Database: MS-access
Memory: 512MB

Contents of the zip file:
the zip file(SESM.zip) contains the following things
	1. SESM.jar : executable jar file
	2. folder "images" : contains images required for the software
	3. folder "database" : contains MS-access database files
	4. folder "Models" : contains the XML, Java and NSM models.	
	5. folder "Extjars" : contains the external jar files required for the execution of SESM.

How to run the software?

First step : Setting deployment folder
	Unzip and extract the contents of the file the SESM.zip file to some folder say c:/software.
	(you will see the folder "SESM" under c:/software)

Second step : pre-requisites:
	1. setup Java environment
	   you must have JRE1.5 on your system. If you don't have one,
   	   get it free from http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
	   Note: After the installation Set the path environment variable to bin directory inside the java folder
	   For example: If it is installed in "C" drive the path would be "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_05".


	2. Make the connection to the SESM database
	   here are the steps to setup the JDBC-ODBC connection.
		1. GO to start > settings > control panel
		2. Go to administrative tools.
		3. Double click on Data Sources(ODBC)
		4. click on Add
		5. Select Microsoft Access Driver(*.mdb) and press finish
		6. Give Data Source a Name
		7. Click on select and in the "select database GUI" go to the location where you 
                   have extracted the zip file i.e. c:/software/SESM (select the database folder in it).
		8. Now you will see the database file in the lefthand side textarea.
		9. Select the file(<name>.mdb) and click on ok.
		10. Click ok button on ODBC microsoft Access Setup
		11. Click ok button on ODBC Data Source Administrator GUI.

Third Step : running the software
	This can be done as follows
		1. Go the deployment folder i.e. c:/software/SESM
		2. double click on SESM.jar