Install ACL for Windows

The procedure below outlines the steps for installing ACL for Windows.

Note

IT administrators can also install ACL for Windows silently, without requiring user interaction. For more information, see Install ACL for Windows using silent installation.

The procedure below outlines the steps for installing ACL for Windows. Follow the same steps to upgrade Analytics from version 14.0.x to 14.1.0.

If you are the primary contact at your organization

If you are the primary contact at your organization, you should have received a welcome email from Galvanize with instructions for signing in to your Launchpad account.

If you have not received the welcome email, contact Support for assistance.

Note

You must be able to sign in to a Launchpad account in order to use ACL for Windows, and to grant licenses to other ACL for Windows users in your organization.

If you are not the primary contact

If you are not the primary contact, you should have received an email notification when the primary contact, or your company’s , added you to Launchpad. The email notification contains instructions for signing in to Launchpad. You must be able to sign in to Launchpad in order to use ACL for Windows.

If you have not received the email notification, contact your company’s . Also check your spam filter. The email notification should be sent from notifications@highbond.com.

Important information about the Microsoft .NET Framework prerequisite

Windows 8.1 Update KB2919355 is required by Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.x, which in turn is required by ACL for Windows 14.

If you are using Windows 8.1, and .NET 4.6.x is not installed, and you have not run Update KB2919355, the ACL for Windows installer terminates with an error message during the .NET 4.6.2 prerequisite installation.

You need to download and install Update KB2919355 before you can continue with the ACL for Windows installation.

Alternatively, you can install Update KB2919355 before you begin the ACL for Windows installation and avoid the error message.

Analytics projects and data files

When you install or upgrade Analytics, any Analytics projects you previously created, and any data files, are not affected and are available to use in the new version.

Analytics sample data files

When you install or upgrade Analytics, any existing Analytics sample data files are overwritten if they are in the Analytics working directory you specify during the installation or upgrade.

The default location for the working directory is:

C:\Users\user_account_name\Documents\ACL Data\Sample Data Files

The default location for the working directory prior to version 11 is:

C:\ACL DATA\Sample Data Files

Caution

If you have made changes to any of the sample projects or data files that you want to keep, save the files elsewhere before installing or upgrading, or rename the folder containing them. Do the same with the associated command log files if you want to preserve them.

Installation steps

Caution

If you are prompted to restart your computer at any point during the installation process, do so right away. Do not ignore messages to restart your computer.

If you do not restart your computer when you are prompted, you may cause problems with the installation of .NET, other prerequisites, or ACL for Windows.

Download the installer and begin the installation

  1. Download the ACL for Windows installation package (ACLforWindows141.exe) from Launchpad (www.highbond.com).

    A company’s can also supply other users with the installation package.

    The installation package contains both the non-Unicode and Unicode editions of Analytics.

  2. Close all other Windows applications.
  3. Double-click the installation package.
  4. If a security warning dialog box appears, verify the information listed, and click Yes.
  5. Select the language you want to use for your installation and click OK.

Extract the installation files

In the Setup Extraction Location page, specify the folder where the installation files will be extracted, and click Extract.

You can click Browse to select a folder, or accept the default location:

C:\Users\user_account_name\Downloads\ACL Installers\ACLforWindows14

The setup files are extracted to the destination folder you specified. After the files are extracted the installer starts automatically.

Note

If the installer fails to start automatically for any reason, you can use Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder where the setup files were extracted and double-click setup.exe.

Install prerequisites, if required

If you are prompted to install prerequisites, click Install.

After the prerequisites are installed, the installer automatically proceeds.

For a list of prerequisites, see Automatically installed prerequisites.

Note

If the ACL for Windows installer terminates with an error message during the .NET 4.6.2 prerequisite installation, you need to download and install Windows 8.1 Update KB2919355, restart your computer, and then restart the ACL for Windows installer.

Perform the main ACL for Windows installation

  1. If the upgrade prompt appears, click Yes.
  2. In the Welcome page, click Next.
  3. In the License Agreement page, select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next.
  4. In the ACL Edition Selection page, select the edition you want to install and click Next:
    • Non-Unicode
    • Unicode

    Caution

    Ensure that the edition you install is the correct edition for your organization.

    For more information, see Should I install the non-Unicode or the Unicode edition of Analytics?

    Note

    If you are installing Analytics side by side with an earlier version, the installer enforces selecting the same edition as the earlier version.

    Non-Unicode and Unicode editions cannot be installed side by side.

  5. In the Destination Folder page, specify the locations where the ACL for Windows application files, and the Analytics sample data files, will be installed and then click Next.

    If necessary, click Change to modify either, or both, of the default locations.

    The location where you install the sample data files becomes the default Analytics working directory.

    The default locations:

    ACL for Windows application files

    (64-bit operating systems)

    		C:\Program Files (x86)\ACL Software\ACL for Windows 14\
    ACL for Windows application files

    (32-bit operating systems)

    		C:\Program Files\ACL Software\ACL for Windows 14\
    Analytics sample data filesC:\Users\user_account_name\Documents\ACL Data\Sample Data Files\
  6. In the Ready to Install the Program page, click Install.

    ACL for Windows is installed.

  7. When the installation process is complete, click Finish.

(Optional) Run the ACL for Windows patch installer

If you need any of the version 14.1.1 or 14.1.2 fixes, run the patch installer. If you do not need the fixes, running the patch installer is optional.

For information about the fixes, see Release notes.

  1. From Launchpad, download the ACL for Windows patch installer (ACLforWindows_Update_v14.1.0_v14.1.2.msp).
  2. Double-click the patch installer.
  3. If a security warning dialog box appears, verify the information listed, and click Open.
  4. In the Welcome page, click Update.

    If a security warning dialog box appears, verify the information listed, and click Yes.

    If the File in Use dialog box appears, make sure Automatically close and attempt to restart applications is selected and click OK.

    The 14.1.1 and 14.1.2 fixes are applied to Analytics.

  5. When the patch process is complete, click Finish.

Activate Analytics

Note

Analytics may already be activated if you are upgrading from a previous version, or installing it side by side with an earlier version.

How you activate Analytics depends on your organization's Launchpad authentication method:

  • Standard authentication If you have a single Analytics subscription, you probably use the standard authentication.
  • Authentication using a custom domain If your organization uses Single Sign-On (SSO), you authenticate using a custom domain.

Note

If your organization uses a custom domain, do not enter an email and password on the first screen of the Launchpad sign-in screen.

Standard authentication

  1. Double-click the ACL for Windows 14 shortcut on your desktop.

    The Launchpad sign-in screen opens.

  2. Enter your Launchpad user name (email) and password and click Sign In.

    You should already have these credentials based on the instructions in the welcome email or the email notification.

  3. Select your organization if you are prompted to do so, and click Activate Analytics.

    ACL for Windows opens.

    You can also click Continue without activating a license if you only need to use Offline Projects.

Authentication using a custom domain

  1. Double-click the ACL for Windows 14 shortcut on your desktop.

    The Launchpad sign-in screen opens.

  2. Click Sign in to a custom domain at the bottom of the Launchpad sign-in screen.

    Note

    This method of signing in is only available if it has been set up by your organization.

  3. Enter your organization's custom domain and click Continue.

    If you do not know your custom domain, contact the in your company.

  4. Enter your SSO credentials.
  5. Make sure your organization is selected, and click Activate Analytics.

    ACL for Windows opens.

    You can also click Continue without activating a license if you only need to use Offline Projects.

Start Analytics

To start Analytics, do one of the following:

To create a new, empty Analytics project Under Create, click Analytic Project
To open an existing Analytics project Under Open, click Analytic Project
To open an existing analysis app Under Open, click Analysis App
To open a recent or a sample Analytics project (.acl) or analysis app (.aclx) Under Recent Analytics Files, or Sample Files, click the name of a file
  • If you create or open an Analytics project it opens in Analytics.
  • If you open an analysis app, it opens in the Analysis App window.

Display the tool bar and the command line

In Analytics, to display the toolbar or the command line, select Window > Tool bar or Window > Command Line.

Download and install any upgrade

If an Analytics Update notification appears in the Windows taskbar, click the notification and follow the on-screen instructions to download and install the upgrade.

Tip

Close Analytics before downloading the upgrade.

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