Installing CadnaA

In order to install CadnaA proceed as follows:

Start your PC.
Login as an administrator. Restart the operating system if required.
Plug-in the USB stick for the first installation into a free USB port or download the Installation file from www.datakustik.com.
Double-click the file setup.exe and follow the instructions displayed on the screen.

After completion of the installation, the CadnaA-program link is located on the Windows-StartUp-menu on Program Files\Datakustik\CadnaA.

EULA

With installation of the software you agree to the current End-User License Agreement ("EULA") of DataKustik GmbH. The EULA will be displayed during the installation process.

Installing the license manager

For the usage of CadnaA the installation of a license manager is required. Proceed as follows:

Change to the directory HASP.
Run the file HASPUserSetup.exe in order to install the license manager.
When the installation is completed connect the hardware USB dongle to a free USB-port or retrieve a cloud license (see TN2301).

Note

In order to use a server hardware USB dongle (server license), the license manager has to be installed on all local client-PCs as well as on the server-PC as well.

Software-Updates

When receiving an update of CadnaA you may overwrite the installed version or you may install it to a different directory. An update is always a full version, therefore, the former version is not required.

Note

Please consider that files created by a newer version of CadnaA may not be opened correctly with a former version. Thus, some objects may not be displayed when opening those files with a former version. DataKustik guarantees the downward compatibility of files (i.e. files may be opened with newer, but not necessarily with older versions of CadnaA).

INI-files

INI-files are used by software programs to save user-defined settings and other parameters. From INI files these settings are loaded when starting the software. CadnaA can use several of such INI-files, each having different settings.

Start CadnaA and configure all the settings as desired, for example regarding the position and size of the CadnaA main window by dragging it to the desired position and size. When CadnaA is closed all settings are saved to the CADNAA.INI-file.

Displaying the INI-file

By selecting the command Open INI-file from the Options menu the INI-file currently used by CadnaA is opened and displayed, regardless of the specific location where the INI file is stored on the system (see below).

Note

By selecting the command Save As in the text editor, you may locate the directory where this INI-file is stored.

First installation of CadnaA

By the initial installation procedure no INI file is written. The INI file is, however, written when running and quitting CadnaA for the first time. Depending on the operating system this file is located in the following directory: C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local

Installing an Update of CadnaA

When installing an update (i.e. there is already a CADNAA.INI available on the system) CadnaA starts scanning directories for an INI file using the following sequence:

LOCAL_APPDATA (in subdirectory Datakustik\CadnaA)
APPDATA (in subdirectory Datakustik\CadnaA)
COMMON_APPDATA (in subdirectory Datakustik\CadnaA)
Windows directory

The first INI file found will be used. If the first found INI file is write-protected or the user has not sufficient access rights a corresponding warning message will be displayed.

Note

In order to display the directories APPDATA activate the option „display filename extensions and hidden folders“.

Using several INI-files

CadnaA can be started using an explicitly specified INI file by adding a command line parameter in the shortcut. For this purpose, change the target of the shortcut usually containing the program call, for example:

C:\Program Files\DataKustik\CadnaA64\cna64.exe

Append to this entry a space and the parameter „/ini=…“ using the absolute path to the respective INI file, for example resulting in:

C:\Program Files\DataKustik\CadnaA64\cna64.exe /ini=C:\Data\cna1.INI

If the path or file name has spaces, the parameter value has to be put in quotation marks. For example, a possible target is:

C:\Program Files\Datakustik\CadnaA64\cna64.exe /ini="C:\My Folder\cna1.INI"

Please note that this parameter can only be interpreted as long as CadnaA is started via the modified shortcut. When using multiple shortcuts (on the start menu, shortcut on desktop, etc.) they have to be modified each.

Specific Dongle Access

In order to access a particular HASP dongle - when having several of them attached - edit the target of the shortcut used to launch the software, for example:

C:\Program Files\Datakustik\CadnaA64\cna64.exe /hasp=XXXXXXXXXX

Where XXXXXXXXXX represents the Key ID.

Note that the HASP number does not correspond to the identifier code printed on the dongle (starting by letter L or S), but represents the internal dongle ID which is displayed in the „Key ID“ column on „Sentinel Keys“ tab of the AdminControlCenter. (for figure see Installing CadnaA).

Using a specific language

The language setting of the user interface, however, is not saved in the INI file. This command has to be entered to the target of the shortcut as well. In order to launch CadnaA always with the English front-end append to the target a space and the parameter „/lang=eng“, again using the absolute path (provided this language is coded on the dongle). For example:

C:\Program Files\Datakustik\CadnaA64\cna64.exe /lang=eng /ini=\Data\CNA2.INI

Check for Updates

The command Check for Updates on the Help menu enables to check whether the CadnaA installation with regard to the standards and license configuration is up to date. If yes, a message box is shown. If the standards and license configuration is not up to date, the dialog CadnaA Software Updates is displayed: