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Installing and Running Reflection 2008 or 2007 on Windows XP
Technical Note 2370
Last Reviewed 13-Nov-2008
Applies To
Reflection for IBM 2008
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2008
Reflection Standard Suite 2008
Reflection for IBM 2007
Summary
Technical Note 2370
Last Reviewed 13-Nov-2008
Applies To
Reflection for IBM 2008
Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS 2008
Reflection Standard Suite 2008
Reflection for IBM 2007
Summary
This technical note provides information about installing and running Reflection 2008 or 2007 products on Windows XP.
Support for Windows XP
Reflection 2008 and 2007 are certified and optimized for Windows Vista. These Reflection products also support Windows XP (and Windows Server 2003).
Installation Time
When you run the Reflection installer (setup.exe), the wizard determines whether certain required system components are present, and will automatically install them if necessary. This prerequisite software is distributed with Reflection:
- Microsoft .NET Framework Runtime (version 3.0 Service Pack 1 for Reflection 2008, or version 3.0 for Reflection 2007)
- Microsoft Windows Installer (MSI) version 3.1
Windows Vista already includes .NET 3.0 and a later MSI version. On Windows XP, installation time may be longer if the prerequisite system software needs to be installed.
To reduce installation time, temporarily disable anti-virus software real-time scanning features.
Startup Time
Reflection 2008 and 2007 are built with Microsoft .NET technology. When launching any .NET application, a number of factors can affect startup time, such as hardware capabilities (as described in Technical Note 2324).
To reduce the startup time of Reflection for IBM 2007 on Windows XP systems, the following additional approaches are available. Note: Reflection 2008 already includes the following features.
Pre-Loader
To improve Reflection 2007 cold start time on Windows XP, pre-loader functionality is included in Service Pack 3. After the service pack is applied, a portion of Reflection for IBM 2007 (the Workspace) goes through the JIT compiling process at boot time. Depending on the environment, application cold startup time may be reduced up to 35-50%. For more information about the latest service pack, see Technical Note 2253.
Native Image Generator (NGEN)
The Microsoft .NET Native Image Generator utility (Ngen.exe) pre-compiles the application at install time, slightly improving the warm and cold start times.
A hotfix can be applied as an MSP patch to an Administrative Installation of Reflection 2007 prior to application deployment. For more information on applying a patch to an Administrative Installation, see Technical Note 2255.
To request this NGEN hotfix for Reflection 2007, please contact Attachmate Technical Support (http://support.attachmate.com/contact/).
Pre-Loader and NGEN
The pre-loader and NGEN fixes can be combined. In some Windows XP system configurations, this may provide the best cold and warm startup performance. Reflection 2008 already includes both startup performance improvements.
