Steps for installing LIS 2.4a in Windows:
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REQUIREMENTS:

A. Hardware and software
1. having a web server installed (*);
2. having PHP (**) installed and configured for the web server;
3. having PHP configured to use XML and XSL treatment functions (Sablotron and eXpat);

(*) Tested - Apache 1.3.xx and IIS 4/IIS 5 under Red Hat Linux 7.x and Windows 9x/NT/2000
(**) Tested under 4.3.xx version

B. Technical skills
1. advanced knowledge of Windows operating system, configuration and network administration, web server configuration, installation of software application
2. basic knowledge of XML and XSL

References:
PHP: http://www.php.net/
eXpat: http://expat.sourceforge.net/
Sablotron: http://www.gingerall.com/charlie/ga/xml/p_sab.xml
Apache: http://www.apache.org

IMPORTANT:
This software application does not run on Apache 2.x and was not tested with versions superior than 4.x dPHP.


STEPS:

1. If you are installing, unzip the file

		ex.: bvsLIS-Windows-2.4a.zip

 to create the directory structure of LIS Web Server.
			

 the following directory structure will be created:
 	
	lis
	
 	lis\htdocs
 	lis\cgi-bin
 	lis\bases

or, if you are reinstalling, execute the file in an accessory directory (example c:\temp) and copy the htdocs and cgi-bin directories into LIS existing directory structure and go to step 3.


2. Configure your Web Server according to the directory structure that step 1 command created.
In the file http.conf there is one example of VirtualHost that corresponds to LIS in the Apache web server.
You only have to adjust the information of this VirtualHost with its configuration.

Example of VirtualHost for Apache server

<VirtualHost *>

ServerAdmin serveradmin@bvs.br
DocumentRoot "/lis/htdocs/"
<Directory "/lis/htdocs">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
</Directory>
ServerName myLIS.bvs.org
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.php homepage.htm
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "/lis/cgi-bin/"

<Directory "/lis/cgi-bin">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

2.1. Directories to consider when configuring the Web Server:

htdocs --> data directory (document root)
cgi-bin --> cgi script execution directory


3. Access the system setup page in a browser, entering /lis/start-up.php, the url and follow the steps described to configure the system in your server.

ex: http://www.myLIS.org/lis/start-up.php


4. Access the URL of LIS administration website, adding /lis/, for example:

http://www.myLIS.org/lis/


5. Access the URL of LIS website, adding /lis-Regional/, for example:

http://www.myLIS.org/lis-Regional/

Attention:

To use LIS, it is necessary to have a license to use WWWISIS software.

For further information on WWWISIS and about the use license, access the website:

http://productos.bvsalud.org/html/pt/home.html

or send an email to:

vendas@bireme.br


6. If you have any questions or problems, send an email to:

bvs.technical.support@bireme.br


Attachment

Steps for checking the links in LIS database:

1. Go to the directory bases/lis/checklinks. There, you will see the checklinks base that includes the links checked, along with the corresponding error codes (for further information, read the user manual of the checklinks program).

2. The subdirectory bases/lis/checklinks/batch includes the two programs that maintain checklinks database:

A) resetCheckLinksDatabase.bat - restarts the checklinks database.
B) LIS-checklinks.bat - checks the links of LIS database and puts results in the checklinks base.

NOTE: Checking the links assumes that a Java virtual machine version 1.4 or superior is installed. To check the version, enter the following command line:
	java -version

Java’s latest version can be downloaded from the website: http://www.java.sun.com