Verifying your installation Foundation

CXP environment

Prerequisite for being able to follow the steps outlined in this guide is a working installation of the CXP environment. To verify whether CXP has been installed correctly on your computer, please follow the steps outlined below:

1. Start your web browser. For example, if you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, click on the item "Internet Explorer" in your Start menu.

2. Enter the URL http://localhost/cxpinfo.cxp in the address bar of your web browser and press the ENTER key.

This should display an info page listing various details about your CXP installation. If the info page is not displayed or if you receive an error, your system has not been set up correctly for running CXP. In this case, please consult the README file which came with your copy of CXP to make sure you have completed all steps required for installing CXP.

There also is a instructional video on the "Compiled Xbase++ Pages installation and first steps" which you can find here: https://youtu.be/G3e_btI7oSU;https://youtu.be/G3e_btI7oSU

Path and URL of your website

To be able run your CXP pages directly from within the development environment, you also need to make sure the document root folder and the root URL of your web site have been configured correctly.

1. Please click on "Xbase++ Workbench" in your Start menu, and then select the "Environment Options..." item in the "Tools" menu. Verify that the site URL and the site root folder were set up correctly during installation. On a computer using Microsoft Internet Services (IIS), the default site root folder is "c:\inetpub\wwwroot". Unless a specific URL and/or port must be used to connect to your website, make sure "http://localhost:80" is specified as the site URL.

2. When you are done, click "OK" to close the options dialog.

You are now ready to begin web development with CXP.