EasyCASE Plus is a commercial CASE tool that is no longer in
publication. It runs as a DOS application under Windows. I paid
full retail price for it when it was one of
the best tools available in the late 1980's. Since it is no
longer being sold I feel that I can give it to students to use for
educational purposes only as long as they agree to remove it from
their computer when they are finished with their studies.
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jdalbey@calpoly.edu
Download these two zip files and extract each to a 3.5" floppy
disk.
After unzipping the distribution files, Diskette 1 contents should be: DISK.ID
EC1.LIF
INSTALL.DAT
INSTALL.EXE
README
Diskette 2 contents should be: DISK.ID
EC2.LIF
EC3.LIF
INSTALL.DAT
Place diskette 1 into your floppy drive and run INSTALL.EXE.
Follow the instructions which appear as shown below. Italicized
remarks are directions to follow.
This program will install
EasyCASE Plus Version 3.1 on your computer system and verify
the integrity of the distribution disk(s).
You will be asked some questions
about the installation of EasyCASE Plus. Some questions require you to
choose an option from a list by using the Up & Down Arrow keys and
pressing the ENTER key. Other questions provide a default answer.
If the default answer is correct, press the ENTER key. Otherwise, type
the answer and then press the ENTER key. If you make a mistake while
typing, press the BACKSPACE key and then retype the answer. You
may abort the installation program at any time by pressing the ESC key.
+--------------------------------+
¦ Press any key to continue ... ¦
+--------------------------------+
Use the Up and
Down Arrow keys to move the highlight bar to another
option. Press the SPACEBAR to toggle the highlighted option between
Yes and No. Only options set to Yes will be executed. Press the ENTER
key when you are satisfied with your selections.
___________________________________________________________________________
Complete Installation of EasyCASE Plus 3.1 (No
Upgrade)
NO
Install EasyCASE Plus 3.1 Program
files
YES
Install EasyCASE Plus 3.1 Sample Project
files
YES
Install EasyCASE Plus 3.1 Analysis Manager
files
NO
Install EasyCASE Plus 3.1 Schema Generator
files
NO
Upgrade EasyCASE Plus prior version project to version 3.1
format NO ___________________________________________________________________________
If you want to
upgrade an EasyCASE Plus prior version project be sure
and set the 'Upgrade...' option to Yes.
On which hard drive do you wish to install EasyCASE Plus?
______________
_ Drive C: _
_ Drive D: _
_ Drive E: _
_ Drive F: _
_ Drive G: _
______________
Use the Up & Down
Arrow keys to select the desired drive from the list,
then press the ENTER key.
Specify the destination
subdirectory. This subdirectory is the location
on your hard disk where the
EasyCASE Plus program files will be installed. Accept the default directory or
provide a different
one.
+------------Which subdirectory
([Enter] = \ECPLUS31\)?-------------+ ¦
\EASYCASE
¦
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
On which hard drive do you wish to install the sample project?
______________
_ Drive C: _
_ Drive D: _
_ Drive E: _
_ Drive F: _
_ Drive G: _
______________
Use the Up & Down Arrow keys
to select the desired hard drive from the list,
then press the ENTER key.
Specify the destination
subdirectory. This subdirectory is the location on your hard disk where the
project sample files will be installed. The default is the
subdirectory SAMPLES within the EasyCASE Plus program directory if installed on
the same drive, or \SAMPLES if installed on a different drive.
Accept the default
directory or provide a different one.
EasyCASE Plus requires that the
number of FILES and BUFFERS be set to at least 30 in your CONFIG.SYS file.
You can either allow the installation program to incorporate these
changes into your CONFIG.SYS file, or you can make the modifications
yourself after the installation program is complete. Choose from one of the
following options:
________________________________________________________________
_ Do NOT allow the installation program to modify
CONFIG.SYS _
_ Allow the installation program to modify
CONFIG.SYS _
________________________________________________________________
Use the Up & Down Arrow keys to select the desired action,
then press the ENTER key.
+---------------------- PRESS ANY KEY -----------------------+
¦ Please place the Master Distribution Disk
labeled ¦
¦ "PROGRAM DISK #2" version: 3.1 in drive
A:
¦
¦ Press the [Esc] key to abort, any other key to continue...
¦
+------------------------------------------------------------+ Writing: C:\EASYCASE\HELVB.FON
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\TMSRA.FON
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\TMSRB.FON
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\COURA.FON
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\COURB.FON
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\PTYPES
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\CTYPES
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\DIAGTYPE
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\TEXTTYPE
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\RECTYPES
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\OBJTYPES
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\OBJECTS
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\DD.DEF
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\DDREC.DEF
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\DDELE.DEF
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\DDRECELE.DEF
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\DDCHRT.DEF
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\CHART.DEF
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\ECPLUS31.ICO
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\ECPLUS31.PIF
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\EC-PIF.DVP
Writing: C:\EASYCASE\ECPHELP.HLP
and so on....
Installation of EasyCASE Plus Version 3.1 completed......
Press any key to continue ...
Run EASYCASE.EXE from the installed directory.
--| Enter Registered User Information |--
User Name : your name
Company : Cal
Poly Serial # :
Enter the serial number from the instructor.
EasyCASE Plus version 3.13. - 04/19/92
The chosen project directory does NOT contain any EasyCASE Plus version
3.1
data dictionary files.
Create a a new project data dictionary [No returns to DOS]
? y
Type y and press Enter. Choose desired chart type & symbol set....
Select one of the following as appropriate for the task:
Data flow - Yourdon/DeMarco (dfd)
State transition diagram (std)
Structure chart (stc)
Entity relationship - Chen (erd)
--| Select File to Load |--
No Identifiers found for Object type:
dfd
Click OK.
Cannot find chart file
This message will appear because you haven't saved a drawing yet.
The drawing window should appear next.
Now you can begin creating your diagram.