Re: WDT 5.1 on XP

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Jon

Thanks muchly!

Vern
>  >> Can WDT 5.1 be installed on Win XP?
>
> The following may cure your problem - it was on IBM's web site at one time,
> but since they have no released a new version for V5R2 (confusingly
> identified as V4.0 to make it match with WebSphere) they seem to have
> removed it from the site.
>
> Here are the instructions to install V5R1M0 on WinXP.
>
> 1. Set the registry key.
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IBM\WDT400\Transient]
> "InstallSrcpath"="G:"
> Replace "G:" with the source you install from(your CD drive
> letter).
>
> 2. Run install\msisetup.exe (in CD1)
>
> 3. Run install\bin\v51setup.exe (in CD1)
>
>
> Note to the IBMers - it would be _really_ naice if the "old" stuff did not
> just disappear off the face of the planet after a new release comes out.  I
> spent 3 hours the other day trying to find the "how to fix Help" stuff for a
> client.  People will be using V5R1 for a long time yet.  In fact as I noted
> the other day, my partner Susan has no choice since the latest version has a
> CPU and memory requirement that she can't match so she's sticking with V5R1.
>
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400