Installation using the RXFActivator

The installation of an RXF by Willert Software Tools requires you to already have the modeling tool Rhapsody installed.

A release of an RXF is delivered as ZIP-Archive. It contains all framework files and the related tools, samples and documentation. You should select a destination folder to unzip it where your user account has read and write access. We recommend to unzip it relative to your IDE projects to be able to use it together with your configuration management.

Once the ZIP has been extracted, the framework is ready to be used. But in most cases Rhapdody needs to be prepared to work together with the RXF. The RXF comes with a small tool called RXFActivator, that performs the Rhapsody RXF integration for you.

From the extracted RXF folder execute RXFActivator.exe, it will ask for administrator rights that are needed e.g. to write to the registry. It is a console application that will list all Rhapsody installations found on your machine. All those Rhapsody versions can afterwards be used with the RXF. The program can be exited by pressing any key after it has finished.

Screenshot of the RXFActivator tool.

Moving the RXF Folder and Installing new Rhapsody Versions

You can move the RXF folder to any other location with read and write access, there is no need to re-execute the RXFActivator.
But you need to re-execute it after a new Rhapsody version has been installed.

Possible Problems During Setup

If you experience any problems, please first check the following possible solutions:

Uninstalling the RXF

Basically all you need to do to uninstall the RXF is to delete its folder. There is no new entry added to the Windows registry during installation.
Regarding the Rhapsody modifications the RXFActivator also performs, usually there is no need to undo it. However if you completely removed all RXFs from your computer you can follow the following steps to make sure the RXF does not leave modifications in the Rhapsody installation:

Putting the RXF under Configuration Management

See Software Configuration Management page.