h1. MADS downloads

h4. Final version 1.0.0 is now available

Herd model equations have been validated.

The following is for Windows operating systems.

h4. MADS as a free-standing software (Eclipse RCP)

Download and unzip (say in C:\) one of the two following files from the MADS site, one is with and the other one without the required Java runtime:

MADS_RCP_version_with_JRE.zip
MADS_RCP_version.zip

h4. MADS as an add-on to Eclipse 

The minimum Eclipse configuration is the Platform Runtime binary, but any configuration of Eclipse 3.6.2 or higher should work. Starting with RC2 version, Mads development has been moved to Eclipse 3.7 and XText 2.0

1. Download eclipse-platform-3.7-win32.zip or any higher configuration from http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/R-3.7-201106131736/index.php (Released Candidate 1 - RC1 - used Eclipse 3.6.2) and un-zip to install it.

2. If you have or intend to have Java as part of your configuration, download  MADS_Feature_version.zip (.eg. MADS_Feature_1.0.0.zip) from the MADS site and unzip it. It will create the directory Mads_Feature. Use the "Help>Install new software" feature of Eclipse to add the directory as a local repository. Un-check "Group items by category" and install the feature. Depending on your Eclipse installation the process might take some time to fetch all requires plugins from the Eclipse sites (e.g XText plugins). Some parts of Java will also get installed.

3.  If you want a Java-free installation, download Mads_version_platforminstall (e.g. Mads_1.0.0_platforminstall) from the MADS site and unzip it. It will create the directory Mads_platforminstall. Use the "Help>Install new software" feature of Eclipse. Click on "Available software sites". Add the Mads_platforminstall directory as a local repository and de-select all other update sites so that the installer will not be able to fetch unwanted plugins. Click OK and proceed as in 2 above.

h4. MADS Manual

The Mads's manual is part of Mads distributions as Eclipse Help, and available in Html format as a separate archive. Download  Mads_manual_1.0.0.zip from the MADS site.

Unzip the archive anywhere, it will install all required files in a directory called Mads_manual. Double-click the manual.html file to display the manual in your web browser.


