III. MasterTailor Environment Requirements

SICOM MasterTailor is currently designed to run with the feature code list referenced by the environment variable SICOM_FEATURE_LIST, and with the CARIS master file referenced by uslXmaster. If there is no uslXmaster variable, it will start the application without a master file and a master file may be selected and added while the MasterTailor is running.

The file associated with the SICOM_FEATURE_LIST variable is read to retrieve a list of all the feature codes in the map that will be used with the end user’s system. This file may have been created by the Feature Lister application and is a text file (.txt) consisting of the feature codes, one per line, for the map being used. If there is no SICOM_FEATURE_LIST environment variable, then the default is a file named allFeatureCodes.txt in the current directory.

To set the Profiler environment variables in a Windows NT environment, follow these steps:

1. Go to the Start menu, and select Settings > Control Panel.
2. Double-click the System icon. The System Properties dialog box is displayed (see Fig. III.1).
3. Click on the Environment tab.
4. Type in the path and file name in the Value text field and the variable name in the Variable text field.
5. When you are finished, click on Set.
6. When you have entered all needed environment variables click on Accept.

In a Windows 95 environment, variables may be set in the Autoexec.bat file, by adding SET lines for the environment variables, saving the file and restarting the system.

SICOM MasterTailor is currently supported by Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems only.

Fig. III.1 System Properties dialog box

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