Bhaskar, Thank you so much for the effort you have put into this.
You mentioned that the names were "horrible". While I wouldn't use that strong of a name, I will say that they names have always been a bit confusing for me. I read the explainations and understand, but then have a hard time remembering them. Would you, and would the community, be interested in a naming contest to pick a naming scheme? I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings that came up with the current names... Also, my Redhat Linux 9 did seem to come with XDialog, because it works on mine, and I don't think I downloaded it from anywhere. Thanks Kevin --- "K.S. Bhaskar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rusty -- > > Perhaps this is a good opportunity for me to explain > the plethora of > OpenVistA packages at the WorldVistA project page at > Source Forge > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/worldvista). > > I package OpenVistA releases in two types of > packages, OpenVistA VivA > and OpenVistA SemiVivA. > > OpenVistA VivA releases are live CDs or live DVDs. > Boot your PC off one > of these, with either a USB flash drive attached, or > with a hard drive > partition with sufficient space, and you can run > VistA without the need > to install Linux, GT.M or the VistA routines to your > hard drive. All > you need on read-writable storage is the database > (plus any journal > files if you choose to turn on journaling). So, an > OpenVistA VivA is > intended to be a complete, ready to run "instant > VistA" system. > OpenVistA VivA packages can also be used to perform > a complete install > of Linux, GT.M and VistA to your PC's hard drive. > OpenVistA VivA > releases sometimes also have other useful software > such as > OpenOffice.org for word processing, spreadsheets and > presentations > (which has its own native XML file format, but which > can read and write > files in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other popular > formats), Gimp (an > open source free software alternative to Photo > Shop), games to kill > time, and much more. I always carry an OpenVistA > VivA CD/DVD with me > when I travel, even when I don't carry my laptop. > > OpenVistA SemiVivA ("Half alive" - what a horrible > name! Now I know why > I studied engineering rather than marketing...) > releases are packages of > only VistA and GT.M, but no Linux. If you already > have Linux, they're > for you. They set up GT.M and VistA in > /usr/local/gtm and > /usr/local/OpenVistA. The intent is that these > subdirectories of > /usr/local should not be modified once the package > is installed, and as > with OpenVistA VivA, the intent is that the database > file reside > somewhere else (/usr/local/OpenVistA/g/mumps.dat.gz > is a zipped initial > database that is unzipped and copied elsewhere for > use). > > In both OpenVistA VivA and OpenVistA SemiVivA, I > have a script > /usr/local/OpenVistA/vista, which can be used for > initially installing > the VistA database in a directory of your choice. > This script prompts > the user for input via dialog boxes, and uses the > Xdialog package to > create the dialog boxes. Xdialog is included in > Debian GNU/Linux, as > well as in OpenVistA VivA. Xdialog is not included > in popular Linux > releases such as Red Hat and SuSE, but can be > downloaded and installed > from http://xdialog.dyns.net/ > > OpenVistA VivA and OpenVistA SemiVivA are types of > packaging. A release > name is something like OpenVistA VivA Gleeznop 0.85. > The designation > Gleeznop 0.85 is a designation of what configuration > / version of VistA > is included (OpenVistA VivA Gleeznop 0.85 and > OpenVistA SemiVivA > Gleeznop 0.85 will contain exactly the same GT.M and > VistA). If there > is a Gleeznop 0.85 release, and Quooxva 0.34 > release, it does not mean > that the former is newer than the latter. However, > Quooxva 0.56 will be > newer than Quooxva 0.34. > > OpenVistA VivA 0.4 and OpenVistA SemiVivA 0.4 (no > further designation) > are the OpenVistA releases from the June, 2004, > Seattle VistA Community > Meeting. > > OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold 0.1 does not have a > corresponding OpenVistA > SemiVivA release. There should be, but there isn't > yet (there are only > so many hours in the day. If you want the VistA and > GT.M to run on your > existing Linux, please ask and I will try to create > an OpenVistA > SemiVivA package (or maybe just tell you how to > extract GT.M and > OpenVistA from the DVD). FOIA Gold refers to the so > called "gold > standard" VistA that comes from the VA FTP site - > there is no VistA > software or data that did not come directly off the > VA FTP site. > > OpenVistA SemiVivA VA Demo 0.1 does not have a > corresponding OpenVistA > VivA release. Again, there should be, but there > isn't yet. This is the > VistA for the CPRS demo recently released by the VA. > As far as I know, > it is not intended to be a tested, fully functional > VistA. > > If you want a fully functional, tested, VistA, use > either the release > from the Seattle meeting, or the FOIA Gold software > if you want to stay > close to the VA source code. > > One of my future projects is to start loading the > source code for each > release into the CVS version control system at > Source Forge. Right now, > the version control is nowhere near as good as I > would like it to be, > and the only way to get the software is from a VivA > or SemiVivA package. > > If this doesn't answer your questions, please ask > again. > > -- Bhaskar > > On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 17:29, Nancy E. Anthracite > wrote: > > The lack of information about this demo is > entirely my fault. I was supposed > > to write instructions, and have not yet. It is the > same demo that you see at > > www.va.gov/CPRSdemo ported to GTM. He has made it > so you can install it on > > your hard drive if it is SemiViva, and run it off > the Knoppix DVD you create > > if it is Viva (which will unpack to be a .iso file > to be burned onto a DVD). > > If you are looking at a script to run, it is > likely the former, SemiViva, to > > be installed on your hard drive in Linux. > > > > Bhaskar usually includes instructions for where > you can download Xdialog, > > which installs easily. > > > > This is purely a demo for CPRS as it has lots of > routines in it that were > > used to make it, etc., and it is not really to be > used as a model of a fully > > configured and functional system. When you look > at the online demo, you will > > see it has doctors like One, Doctor and patients > like One, Patient and the > > like. > > > > The short version of the instructions once you > have installed follow. Longer > > and more detailed instructions will follow once I > have time to work on them. > > My apologies for not getting on them sooner, but > my son is paying me an > > unexpected visit, so I am spending time with him. > > > > Start GTM, then D ^XUP Access code is > WORLDVISTAIS#1, I think. If you > > want to change it, D P^DI, Option 1, File 200, > person is `10000000038 and > > change ACCESS CODE. (That is the "tic" below the ~ > on your keyboard and there > > are 8 zeros between the 1 and the 38) Then go > back to the GTM prompts and > > back to D ^XUP. > > > > Then start Taskman D ^ZTMB and D ^ZTMON and then > after Taskman is up and > > running (takes about 2 minutes to clear the > startup hang), run D > > STRT^XWBTCP(9200) (you may use some port other > than 9200 if you want.) then > === message truncated === _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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