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SIMPROCESS Directory Structure
SIMPROCESS Directory Structure
The installation program creates the following directory structure in the location selected. Appendix C of the SIMPROCESS User’s Manual Appendices contains a more detailed listing of the files
installed (see “SIMPROCESS File Structure”). Some of the directories listed below are installed in
the user’s home directory (see “SIMPROCESS Working Directory”). Many of these directories can
be opened in the system file explorer from the File menu (File/Open Directory).
SPSYSTEM
This directory contains numerous SIMPROCESS “system” files required to run the program. When
a license file is received from CACI or the local license administrator, that file needs to be placed
into this directory in order for SIMPROCESS to run.
models
When opening or saving models, SIMPROCESS initially starts in this directory. The demo and reference models are located here in the Demos and ExpressionDemos subdirectories.
SPUser
This directory holds the Microsoft Access database file (SimProcDB.mdb) on Windows systems.
The related properties file (sProcDB.properties) will be placed here on all systems and must be
present (and correct) in order to use the database included with SIMPROCESS. For those using
Linux (or Windows users wishing to use another database environment), the file simprocessdb.sql
contains DDL statements tested with MySQL to create a database named “simprocess” with the
necessary tables and data for use with the Experiment Manager. This file can be used as a template
for other database environments. There is also a file named mysql.sProcDB.properties to serve as a
template for using a local copy of MySQL with SIMPROCESS. The “jdbc.drivers” property entry
must refer to the name of a Java class which implements a Java driver for the database. JAR files
containing the needed driver(s) should be placed in the installed JRE’s extensions directory (jre/lib/
ext) in order to be available at runtime. User preferences will be stored in this directory after SIMPROCESS runs. Importing graphics files for use as icons or backgrounds, or saving Libraries, will
create a file here named UserFiles.jar.
Previous SIMPROCESS Databases
The Access database included with SIMPROCESS has changed over time. The latest change to the
database was in SIMPROCESS 4.6, support for Resource by Shift statistics was added. Connector
statistics were added in SIMPROCESS 4.2. Earlier changes included the addition of the StatType
table and the removal of the Experiment Manager tables. Previous versions of the Access database
will continue to work as long as the newer statistics are not collected during a simulation run.
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