Start Trace Modeler

Trace Modeler is a java application with very modest system requirements.

Requirements

If there's an appropriate java runtime environment (JRE) for your platform, you can run Trace Modeler. It requires a JRE for Java 2 SE 5.0 (a.k.a. 1.5.0) or better.

Chances are that you already have a sufficient version of the JRE installed on your system. If you want to check this yourself, run the following command from the command line

java -version

That should print the current JRE version on the console.

If you get an error message about an unknown command or unknown program, you do not have a JRE on your system. You can download it at http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp.

Start Trace Modeler

How you start Trace Modeler depends on your platform:

if you're using a Microsoft Windows platform, please execute
- tracemodeler.exe [filename]

if you're using Mac OSX / Solaris / Linux / other, please use
- tracemodeler.sh [filename]

Each will accept an optional filename that will be opened when Trace Modeler has started. This is especially useful if you want to associate .trace files with Trace Modeler.

Note that JRE's are notoriously slooooow to start the first time, so it could take up to 20 seconds before you see the main window come up.

Trace modeler doesn't start

First of all, if you cannot get Trace Modeler to work with the instructions below, please contact me and I'll help you out.

A couple of things can prevent Trace Modeler from starting, depending on your platform

if you're using a Microsoft Windows platform,
- A message box can appear telling you that a Java Run-time Environment (JRE) 5 or 1.5.0 is required.
  - Please download a more recent version at http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
- Trace Modeler seems to start, e.g. the splash screen is shown, but then it just disappears and nothing else happens
  - Something unexpected went wrong during the start-up process, please contact me for assistance.

if you're using Mac OSX / Solaris / Linux / other,
- A message is printed on the console telling you that the binaries cannot be found and that you have to set an appropriate environment variable
  - Please consult the instructions about how to install Trace Modeler for information on how to set this environment variable.
- A 'command not found' (or something similar) is printed on the console
  - This probably means that no Java Run-time Environment (JRE) is installed on your system (or perhaps it is not reachable). Try executing "java -version " at the console and see if you can start Java that way.
    - if you're using Solaris / Linux / other, please get the latest JRE version from Sun at http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
    - If you're using Max OSX, please get the latest Java update from the Apple download site.
- Trace Modeler seems to start, e.g. the splash screen is shown, but then it just disappears and nothing else happens
  - Something unexpected went wrong during the start-up process, please contact me for assistance.

Should you try to run Trace Modeler on a lesser known platform or on a device that is not a regular desktop pc, please let me know as I'm always curious how Trace Modeler is used in the wild :o)

Note that you can tweak the startup process to increase the amount of memory available to Trace Modeler.

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