Customer Service :: Software Updates
This page tells you how to get trial copies of Nascent Blue Tools:
click here to install the full tool distribution (includes Eclipse)
click here to install into your existing Eclipse IDE
IF YOU WANT TO INSTALL NASCENT BLUE TOOLS INTO YOUR OWN ECLIPSE CONFIGURATION
Follow these steps:
- Add "http://www.nascentblue.com/storage/softwareupdates/" to your Eclipse Available Sites as shown below. Note that "http:" is truncated in the Location entry below.
- Ensure you have the required software dependencies:
- if you are installing into Galileo, you will need the Eclipse Modeling Tools and the Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework SDK and any required dependencies. Note that the Galileo Modeling Tools Edition already has these installed. A complete list of Eclipse modeling tools can be found here. Once you have these components installed, simply make the following selections from the Nascent Blue Tools Update Site using the Eclipse Update Manager.
- if you are installing into Helios, you will also need the Eclipse Modeling Tools, the Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework SDK and any required dependencies. Note that the Helios Modeling Tools Edition already has these installed. You may also need to install the GMF Modeling Tools even if you have the Helios Modeling Tools Edition. Once you have these components installed, simply make the following selections from the Nascent Blue Tools Update Site using the Eclipse Update Manager.
- Request a trial license key from Nascent Blue
- if you have not already acquired a log-in id, you can obtain one by registering
- if you already have a log-in id, you can request a trial license key by signing in and then completing the Trial License Key Request Form.
- Continue with the steps below once you have received your trial license key.
- Each time you launch the Nascent Blue Tools platform without a Product License Key, you will be notified and then presented with a dialog box requesting your Product License Key. Simply insert the key into "Add New License" text box and click "Add". Then click "OK". You can also navigate to this dialog box using "Window > Preferences" on the main menu and then selecting the Nascent Blue License Manager. See the screen shot at the bottom of this page for an example. Your software should now be installed and will work until your license key expires.
IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD A Win 32 PACKAGE WITH NASCENT BLUE TOOLS
- Download a Win 32 package with pre-installed Nascent Blue Tools. Note that this package may take 10 - 15 minutes to download.
- Once you have downloaded the NascentBlueTools-win32.zip package, unzip it to the folder of your choice.
- You can easily set up a desktop shortcut (or alias) to launch the Nascent Blue Tools from your desktop by opening the "eclipse" folder of the unzipped downloaded package. Create a desktop shortcut to "eclipse.exe" in the "eclipse" folder.
- If you do not have a Java Runtime Environment (JRE 5 or later), you will need to download one. You can download a copy of JRE 6 by clicking the "Download JRE" button.
- You can tell Eclipse which JRE to use by setting the "-vm" option in the eclipse.ini text file of your "eclipse" folder. In the example below, the location of the JRE is "C:/Program Files/Java/jre6/bin/javaw.exe":
- Request a trial license key from Nascent Blue
- if you have not already acquired a log-in id, you can obtain one by registering.
- if you already have a log-in id, you can request a trial license key by signing in and then completing the Trial License Key Request Form.
- Continue with the steps below once you have received your trial license key.
- Each time you launch the Nascent Blue Tools platform without a Product License Key, you will be notified and then presented with a dialog box requesting your Product License Key. Simply insert the key into "Add New License" text box and click "Add". Then click "OK". You can also navigate to this dialog box using "Window > Preferences" on the main menu and then selecting the Nascent Blue License Manager. See the screen shot below for an example. Your software should now be installed and will work until your license key expires.
