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The following are the archived installation instructions for Builder 0.10.4 beta6 and earlier:

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Installing GUIslice Builder on Windows

Only three steps are required to get the Builder running for the first time:

• Downloading the GUIslice Builder executable
• Ensuring Java is available
• Adding Java path to environment variables

EMAIL SUPPORT: During the beta, please feel free to send an email to guislice@gmail.com with any comments, questions or suggestions you might have

Downloading GUIslice Builder Executable

GUIslice Builder binary location:

• In the latest Release Notes under Assets, you will find builder-win64-X.Y.Z.zip:
  • builder-win64-0.10.4-beta6.zip
• Unzip this archive and then follow the steps below

Ensuring Java is Available

The GUIslice Builder is written in Java, which generally requires downloading of the Java executable (runtime).

Thankfully, if the Arduino IDE is already installed in your system, then no additional Java install is required.

Option A: Use existing Arduino IDE install

The Arduino IDE automatically included a Java8 installation. You will need to ensure that the GUIslice Builder can find this java installation. By default, it might be located at:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\java
• C:\arduino-1.8.7\java

Once you have confirmed this location, we will use this path in the Environment Variable setup.

Option B: Installing Java 8 Runtime

To install the Java 8 runtime, you must use Oracle's JRE. No JRE binaries are available from the OpenJDK site. Oracle's latest version is 192 and the site is:

• oracle.com: JRE 8

You then need to run the downloaded file:

• jre-8u192-windows-x64.exe

Adding Java to system path

We need to tell Windows where to find the Java installation.

• Add two environment variables (or modify if they already exist) to enable java programs to find the java binaries:
• Open Windows Control Panel and then System → Advanced system settings → Environment Variables...
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• Create environment variables pointing to your install directory
  • Click on "New..." and then create an entry for the variable JAVA_HOME with the path you identified in an earlier step. Click on OK to add.
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  • Click on "New..." again to create an entry for the variable CLASSPATH with the value of .;%JAVA_HOME%\lib. Click on OK to add.
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  • The final result may look like this:
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Launching GUIslice Builder

The batch file bin\GUIslice.bat is used to launch the Builder (which is located in builder-X.Y.Z.jar).

It may be convenient to create a shortcut to the GUIslice.bat batch file. This is an optional step.

• To create a shortcut in Windows Explorer:
  • Right click on the .bat file and Create Shortcut.
  • It may be helpful to drag this shortcut to your desktop.
  • It is also possible to add an icon to the batch file by right-clicking on the shortcut and selecting Properties → Change Icon → Browse. Select the file \bin\guislicebuilder.ico.

Double-click on the GUIslice.bat file to launch the Builder