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Step 2: Installing the IVI shared components
IVI Shared Components allow all IVI drivers to use a common code base. This
simplifies IVI driver development, and as detailed on the IVI Foundation website,
at: http://www.ivifoundation.org/shared_components/Default.aspx
“To improve users’ experience when they combine drivers and other
software from various vendors, it is important to have some key software
components common to all implementations. In order to accomplish this,
the IVI Foundation provides a standard set of shared components that must
be used by all compliant drivers and ancillary software. These components
provide services to drivers and driver clients that need to be common to all
drivers, for instance, the administration of system-wide configuration.”
Skip this step if you already have the IVI Shared Components installed on your
computer.
2.1 Download the latest MSI or EXE package
Download the latest Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) or executable installer
(EXE) shared component package. These files are directly available from the IVI
Foundation website at:
http://www.ivifoundation.org/shared_components/Default.aspx
As of 3 March 2010, the current version is 2.1.0.
After downloading, install the MSI or execute the EXE file. Accept the license
agreement, install the files in whatever directory you feel appropriate (default is
best), and install the shared components.
Figure 2. IVI Shared Component installation, license agreement screen