anne - Monday, April 22, 2013 3:46 PM:
Hello,
I am new to Aras and wanted to dabble with a downloadable extension to the OOTB Aras software. I downloaded Variants.zip Build 4.1. However, I did not find instructions so I followed the Aras Variants Managements.v2.1.doc instructions. I managed to find the AML Studio and the Package Import Export Utility that are mentioned and these are fine.
My problem begins on page 3 of the document with the instructions "The contents of the file named "Variant-Tractor-DataSet.aml" and "Variant-Seat-DataSet.aml" can be loaded into your Aras Innovator instance using NASH.
My problem is that the files don't seem to be part of the Variant.zip download.
There is a blog post "How to download the projcets?" that asks the same question but I do not see a reply.
I'm assuming it is these files that put some of the sample data shown in the examples into the database... is this correct? Can anyone direct me further so that I can better follow the examples in the instruction document?
Thanks and apologies from a "newbie".
gks - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 4:00 AM:
Aras provides a simple package system for installing Solutions.
The 4.1 release only provides a package containing the whole solution.
The 2.1 release contains the package of the solution, the documentation and some exampledata.
After using the import.exe from the import/export utilities with the imports.mf in the 4.1 variants.zip you installed the solution.
The files you mentioned are not neccessary for the solution to work. they provide some example data and maybe the files from an earlier release like the 2.1 work wih the 4.1 release.
