XSLT Test Tool Installer

Introduction

This little utility is a self-extracting archive that will automatically download and install MSXML3, the MSXML3 SDK and Documents, the XSLT Test Tool, Saxon, Xalan, Xerces, Sablotron, Xt, Napa XSLT, 4XSLT, Unicorn XSLT, and Oracle XSL.  It was built to get people up and running quickly with various XSL processors and the XSLT Test tool.  This utility is not very sophisticated - it should work, but has not been extensively tested, and I did not put much effort into it.  If it doesn't work for you, then just follow the manual instructions for each processor and the tool.  All appropriate links for manual install are available at the XSLT Test Tool page.

Installing

Download the file, xslt_install.exe.  Double-click to execute it, press the "Unzip" button.  Installation should be automatic.

The program is just a batch file titled xslt_install.bat. You can edit the batch file to change file locations, URLs, etc.  The batch file is extremely simple.  Basically, it uses the graburl.exe utility (something very simple I wrote, source available here) to download the files, launches winzip to unzip to default directories.

Caveats

• If you do not have WinZip installed, this tool will attempt to download and install it for you.
• The Oracle XSL Parser requires Oracle TechNet membership (free).  If you want the install to automatically install Oracle XSLT, you need to use a web browser to log in to any Oracle Technet page so that the automated download can use your cached login.  If you do not, the Oracle install will error pop up an empty winzip window -- the install of other processors will continue fine after you close this window.
• The download utility looks for all of the various software components in the default directories I chose.  The batch file has a bunch of variables at the beginning which tell where to look for the parsers.  If you have already installed one of these parsers to a different directory and do not wish to re-install, just change the variable in the batch file.
• If you already have an old version of the MSXML SDK installed, this utility will probably not install the new one.  You can manually uninstall your old SDK (Control Panel|Add/Remove Software) before running the utility if you want it to grab the newest one for you.
• Since this program runs as a .BAT file, it may run out of environment space when setting variables on Win98 or Win95.  If you get an "out of environment space" error when running this, follow instructions at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q230/2/05.ASP and try again.

Joshua Allen <joshuaa@netcrucible.com>
Last Update: 12/4/2000

Change History:

12/4/2000 - Installs Unicorn XSLT
12/4/2000 - Installs Napa XSLT
12/4/2000 - Installs 4Suite 4XSLT and Python 2.0 if necessary
12/4/2000 - Installs xmlinst.exe
12/4/2000 - Installs released MSXML3 and SDK
12/4/2000 - Fixed bug on machines with no %programdir% env. variable
12/4/2000 - Updated to install latest version of Xerces (1.2.2)
12/4/2000 - Updated to Install Saxon 5.5.1
10/3/2000 - Installs Sablotron XSLT Processor
10/3/2000 - Automatic install of MSI if you don't have it
10/3/2000 - Installs September MSXML now
8/3/2000 - Info about dealing with "out of environment space" per Ken Sall
8/2/2000 - Fixed bug where WinZip automatic install would fail.  Thanks Murakami Shinyu!
8/2/2000 - Self-extractor now launches install, no need to double-click .BAT file
8/2/2000 - Downloads newest version of MSXML SDK
8/2/2000 - Notes on Oracle XSL
7/28/2000 - First released to web