Crocodile Clips

Simple Simulation Software

Installing Crocodile Physics on a stand-alone Windows computer

  1. Download the Crocodile Physics installer from our Downloads page.
  2. Double-click on the downloaded file to run the installation wizard.
  3. Follow the instructions which appear on your screen.
  4. Once the installation is complete a Crocodile Physics icon will appear on your desktop. Double-click on this to start up the new software.
  5. Click on the 'Edit Licence' button in the About box.
  6. Enter your licence code and associated licensee name.

Installing Crocodile Physics on a stand-alone Mac

  1. Download the Crocodile Physics installer from our Downloads page.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file to mount the volume.
  3. Drag the Crocodile Physics application icon and the Crocodile Physics Clipart folder, which appear in the volume, onto your hard disk or into your Applications folder.
  4. Double-click on the Crocodile Physics icon to start the software.
  5. Click on the 'Edit Licence' button in the About box.
  6. Enter your licence code and associated licensee name.

Installing Crocodile Physics on a Windows network

Our Windows Installers are full client Windows Installer (MSI) installation packages (built with Windows Installer v2.0). These instructions assume that the user has some working knowledge of Windows Installer, in particular, the deployment of MSI files.

System Requirements

This package may be applied to any Windows operating system that supports Windows Installer v2.0.

Installation

  1. Download the Crocodile Physics installer from our Downloads page.
  2. Open a Command Prompt.
  3. From the command window, type:

    <path to installer> \CP_605.exe /a

    where: <path to installer> is the path to the Windows Installer file that you downloaded. For example, you might need to type: C:\My Downloads\CP_605.exe /a.

  4. Press Enter.
  5. This invokes the server installer and will install the MSI. Follow the instructions which appear on your screen.
  6. Once the installation is complete, share the install folder over the network.
  7. Navigate to "<path to shared folder>\program files\Crocodile Clips\Crocodile Physics 605\CrocodilePhysics.exe" and double-click on this to start up the new software.
  8. Click on the 'Edit Licence' button in the About box.
  9. Enter your licence code and associated licensee name.

To deploy a package using the command line

  1. Open a Command Prompt.
  2. From the command window, type:

    msiexec /i "<path to msi file> \CP.msi"

    where: <path to msi file> is the path to the Windows Installer package file. For example, you might need to type: msiexec /i "C:\Crocodile Clips\CP.msi".

  3. Press Enter.

Note: The Windows Installer service does allow installation package to be installed silently, using the '/q' switch. For example: msiexec /i "C:\Crocodile Clips\CP.msi" /q. Alternatively, the switch '/qb' will give an installation complete with progress indicator.

To uninstall a package using the command line

  1. Open a Command Prompt.
  2. From the command window, type:

    msiexec /x "<path to msi file>\CP.msi"

    where: <path to msi file> is the path to the Windows Installer package file. For example, you might need to type: msiexec /x "C:\Crocodile Clips\CP.msi".

  3. Press Enter.

For information about using Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI), see the MSI online Help (WinInstl.chm), which is installed automatically in the \help directory on computers running Windows 2000 Server. In particular, see the topic on Best Practices. This also contains information on how to configure Group Policies for Windows Installer through the use of Active Directory.

Installing Crocodile Physics on an RM Community Connect 3 network

To install on a server running RM Community Connect 3;

  1. Download the Crocodile Physics RM CC3 installer from our Network Downloads page.
  2. Double-click on the downloaded file to run the installation wizard.
  3. Please install this package to your RM application area. Typically, this would look something like the following:

    "\RMNetwork\RMManage\Packages\Applications" or "Q:\Applications"

  4. Please note: When the package is first installed, the product will be un-licensed. You must license the product before deploying the package. To do this, please navigate to the products root folder and launch Crocodile Physics by double-clicking on 'CrocodilePhysics.exe' , then enter your licence details. See the licensing section of this page to find out how to obtain these details.
  5. To allocate the package, go to the RM Resource Manager, right-click on the main site and choose the 'update package list' option. When this has finished, you should see Crocodile Physics available for allocation when you select a machine and edit its properties. For more help, please consult your RM Community Connect documentation.

Installing Crocodile Physics to a UNC shared folder

A UNC shared folder is a shared folder with a Universal Naming Convention as opposed to mapping a network drive. This option is available for versions 1.5 or later (version 1.2 or later in the case of Crocodile Mathematics).

Installing the software to a network-accessible directory or volume on your server will allow the program to run entirely from the network. This approach allows for convenience of installation as no client machines are involved in the installation process. Upgrades can also be managed from the server. Both Windows and Macintosh versions of our software can be installed in this way.

To install Crocodile Physics using a UNC shared folder on a server

  1. Create a shared folder on the server (e.g //server1/crocodileclips).
  2. Follow the standalone installation instructions as above.
  3. Navigate to your server shared folder from each client machine and add an alias/shortcut of the file 'CrocodilePhysics.exe' to the desktop or add a Program menu entry through the Taskbar and Start menu.