Tornado

Tornado supports DotNet 2.0 platform and users using DotNet 1.1 have to make a special reuqest to get the 1.1 files. Note that WS2003 includes DotNet 1.1 as default while W2000 and XP-Pro has no DotNet runtime installed. Download the .msi (Full versions) and support files accordingly.

In order to view the Java Applet effects like Charting and validation (GOLD version only), the browser must be Java and Javascript enabled in either Microsoft or Sum flavor but not both. Do not install both Sun and MS JVM.as the combination will yield unstable results.

Install ASP.NET and Tornado is as easy as it could be since the DLL "Hell" is gone in the DotNet platform. Tornado are be shipped as .MSI and .Zip file. The user is responsible to install the ASP.NET runtime or development framework.

Required - Prepare either your W2K or WS2003 workstation or server with the latest service pack. Check the latest run time system requirements from Microsoft ->
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en
Required - MDAC 2.7+ or above is required for ASP.NET.
Optional - if you are Oracle users, get the OracleClient drivers at this link -
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4F55D429-17DC-45EA-BFB3-076D1C052524&displaylang=en
This MS download links changes from time to time. Search for 'oracle_net.msi download' in Goggle will usually get the latest link.
You must also have Oracle 8i Release 3 (8.1.7) Client or later installed in order to use the DotNet OracleClient..
Optional - If you are using MySQL. You should sue the latest MySqlClient data connector -> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/5.0.html
Pick a virtual directory to run your ASPdb.Net (Tornado) files. Any existing virtual directory will be ok (e.g. \localhost =c:\inetpub\wwwroot). Download the Full version .msi file and start the install to this selected directory. There will be a lot of files in the setup and only two files are the core files (.dll and .idx). The rest are supporting files like css, sample db etc. Note that you should now have a Global.asax file, a 'Tornado' and a 'bin' directory if the install is correct.
The following is the directory structure of Tornado -

Directories	Files
\bin	\bin\Tornado.DLL resides here (Mandatory). Your Tornado id file must be saved in this effective bin directory. You can a different effective bin directories for different projects with a different virtual root and a different tornado.dll file. All aspx files below the same virtual root will look for the effective bin of that virtual root.
\	Global.asax - This file MUST be in the same level as the \bin directory. This file is required for SuperLogin operations.
\Tornado	This directory is Mandatory and the name must be reserved for Tornado. All your application .aspx files should go into this directory and below.
\Tornado\Jars	All Tornado Gold version Java Applet files
\Tornado\Templates	All Tornado system template files.
\Tornado\Images-Net	All Tornado System image files
\Tornado\Scratch	This virtual directory is Mandatory and must exists and the write privilege must be set for the users of Tornado. Suggest to have a scheduled bat file to delete all files in this directory every day. Right click on this scratch folder and assign modify or full control to the aspnet_wp_account.
\Tornado\DB	All your Local Database files goes here (Access, Excel, DBase, Csv, Text ..). If you are writing to the databases in this directory, make sure you assign modify or full control to the aspnet_wp_account.
\Tornado\css Location of all	Skin CSS files
\Tornado\TornadoInfo.aspx	This is a very important installation test file. Execute this file will display system and Tornado parameters. An installation test will also be done and results displayed at the end of the file.

The three most important files are the Tornado.DLL file, ID file and the Global.asax file. Read the Global.asax file supplied to you. Modify the datasource to your server and directory structure. Forget the old ASP "DSN or ODBC" for a while. All the data connections of ASP.NET is via OleDB and DB Native Clients. The old ODBC Data Source is onit's way out.
The 'Full install .msi file' does not have the latest DLL. The latst version will be sent to you via email if your maintenance subscription is active. Whenever there is a new release of Tornado.DLL, just replace the one in the \bin directory. No stopping or starting of any components is required. Be aware that when you change an aspx file, it compiles the first time it executes and it is slow. When you replace a DLL, all the aspx files depending on that particular DLL file will execute slow the first time.
To make sur eyour installation is OK, execute http://localhost/Tornado/Tornadoinfo.aspx or if your project virtual root directory is called 'project' then type http://localhost/project/Tornado/Tornadoinfo.aspx. This test file will confirm the entire installation including your Java capable browser. Scan the display of this information page carefully as it covers all the essentials of your DotNet server setup.

Special Topic - Installation (Mar, 2007)