Using the Update Manager

By means of the Update Manager you can perform software updates at regular intervals. It is possible to let ARCWAY Cockpit search for updates automatically. You can also use the Update Manager to install new features or modules that are not contained in the standard installation.

• Updating installed features
• Installing new features

Updating installed features

To check to see whether there are updates for a product's installed features you need to complete the following steps:
(Requires Internet access)

1. Click Help > Check for Updates in the main menu. This will contact the update repositories associated with the product's features as well as the connected cockpit servers to discover what versions of those features are available. The potential updates are presented in on the next page.

   

2. Select the feature versions that you wish to upgrade, and click Next. Please note that not every mix of features in arbitrary versions results in a working configuration. Hence it is usually required (and recommended) to install all of the proposed updates..

3. After that a confirmation Dialog will be shown. It lists the selected features and indicates potential problems that may exist after applying the selected updates:

   

   Confirm the updates by clicking Next.

4. 4. Carefully review the license agreements for the updated features. If the terms of all these licenses are acceptable, check I accept the terms in the license agreements. Features with not accepted license agreements can not be installed.

   
5. Click Finish to allow the downloading and installing to proceed. A progress dialog will be shown:

6. Feature versions can be digitally signed by the company that provides them. This allows you to verify more easily that the features and plug-ins that are about to be downloaded and installed are coming from a trusted supplier.
   
   Warning: Because of the possibility of harmful or even malicious plug-ins, you should only download features from parties that you trust. Features that are digitally signed by ARCWAY are always trustworthy.
   

   

   Click OK to allow the downloading and installing to proceed.
   

7. Once all the features and plug-ins have been downloaded successfully and their files installed, a new configuration that incorporates these features and plug-ins will be formulated. Click Yes when asked to exit and restart the Workbench for the changes to take effect. After restarting you can continue working with your updated version of ARCWAY Cockpit.

Installing new features

To locate and install a new feature into your Cockpit you need to complete the following steps:
(ordinarily requires web access)

1. Perform an Update to make sure that the new features are compatible with your version of ARCWAY Cockpit.
   
2. Open the Install Wizard by clicking Help > Install New Software… in the main menu.
   Next you will need to quote the Repository that contains the software packages which you want to install. A Repository can be located in different places: a archive file, a directory or a network location reachable via a URL.
   You will typically need complement the list of Repositories known to Cockpit by the the one that contains the new features that shall be installed. You need to press Add… in order to do so:

   In most cases you will install your new feature from a remote site that has been provided by ARCWAY .

3. In the Add Repository dialog give the Repository a name such as XYZ Module and enter the URL or the path to the Repository , such as http://update.arcway.net/updates/cockpit/3.8/xyzmodule/.
   

4. The newly added Repository should be automatically selected in the Work with: drop down list and the software packages contained should be listed in the list of available Software packages:

   

5. Select the features that you want to install. You can view the details for any feature by selecting it in the list.

6. Once you've decided which features to install make sure you checked them and click Next.

7. After that a confirmation Dialog will be shown. It lists the selected features and indicates potential problems that may exist after installing the selected features:

   

   Confirm your choice by clicking Next .

8. Carefully review the license agreements for the features. If the terms of all these licenses are acceptable, check I accept the terms in the license agreement. Features with not accepted license agreements can not be installed.

   

9. Click Finish to allow the downloading and installing to proceed.

10. ddddFeature versions can be digitally signed by the company that provides them. This allows you to verify more easily that the features and plug-ins that are about to be downloaded and installed are coming from a trusted supplier.
    
    Warning: Because of the possibility of harmful or even malicious plug-ins, you should only download features from parties that you trust. Features that are digitally signed by ARCWAY are always trustworthy.

    

    Click OK to allow the downloading and installing to proceed.

11. Once the new feature and plug-ins have been downloaded successfully and their files installed into the product on the local computer, a new configuration that incorporates these features and plug-ins will be formulated.
    Click Yes when asked to exit and restart the workbench for the changes to take effect.
    To add other new features at the same time before restarting, click No and repeat.

12. New features may provide their own perspectives and views. These will not get activated automatically but need to be opened manually.
    To open a perspective select Window > Open Perspective from the main menu and select the name of the perspective. If the perspective is not available select Other… and select the perspective from the following dialog.
    To open a view select Window > Show View from the main menu and select the name of the view. Select Other... here as well if the view is not available and select the view from the following dialog.