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Launching Delft-FEWS

Depending on the local installation Delft-Fews can be started using the Application Launcher or by using an executable program located in the Delft-Fews binary directory (

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usually a link/shortcut will have been set up). On Linux systems Delft-Fews is started using a shell script. When using the Application Launcher a user must select a profile and enter the required password at startup.

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There are four profiles with each of them its own password:

• Viewer
• Forecaster
• Configuration Manager
• System Manager

The Viewer profile is the most restricted profile, a user with this profile can only launch the FEWS Webserver. The System Manager Profile, on the other hand, has all the rights to launch Stand Alone and Operator Clients, launch the Configuration Manager and use the Admin Interface. Depending on the configuration of FEWS all or some profiles may be present.

A screen dump of the FEWS Application Launcher for the National Flood Forecasting System for England & Wales is presented as an example below.

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Configuration changes when migrating to 2018.02

The launcher GUI is also available in 2018.02 (and higher). A few changes have to made to get this working (when migrating to 2018.02).

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<launcher xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/launcher.xsd">
	<action id="LaunchFewsClient">
		<!-- FEWS Clients-->
		<executable>
			<appPath>../bin/windows/Delft-FEWS.exe</appPath>
			<region>FEWS Scotland</region>
			<operationMode>OnLine</operationMode>
			<arguments>
				<argument>-Dregion.home=../FewsSC_OC-DDASB</argument>
				<argument>-Wsplash.image=.\fews-splash.jpg</argument>
			</arguments>
		</executable>
		<executable>
			<appPath>../bin/windows/Delft-FEWS.exe</appPath>
			<region>FEWS Scotland</region>
			<operationMode>StandAlone</operationMode>
			<arguments>
				<argument>-Dregion.home=../FewsSC_SA</argument>
				<argument>-Wsplash.image=.\fews-splash.jpg</argument>
			</arguments>
		</executable>
	</action>
	<action id="LaunchConfigManager">
		<!-- FEWS Clients -->
				<executable>
			<appPath>../bin/windows/Delft-FEWS.exe</appPath>
			<region>FEWS Scotland</region>
			<operationMode>OnLine</operationMode>
			<arguments>
				<argument>-Dregion.home=../FewsSC_OC-DDASB</argument>
				<argument>-Ddatabase.url=INSERT SAME DATABASE URL AS FOR OPERATOR CLIENT</argument>
				<argument>-Wsplash.image=.\fews-splash.jpg</argument>
				<argument>-Xmx512m</argument>
			</arguments>
		</executable>
	</action>
	<action id="LaunchAdminInterface">
		<webPage name="Admin Interface (1)" appPath="C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" arg="http://COMPLETE URL TO ADMIN INTERFACE"/>
		<webPage name="Admin Interface (2)" appPath="C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" arg="http://COMPLETE URL TO ADMIN INTERFACE"/>
	</action>
	<action id="ViewReports">
		<webPage name="FEWS Trouble-Shooting" appPath="C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" arg="ANY HTTP(S) URL TO BE OPENED"/>
	</action>
</launcher>

Launching Delft-FEWS 2017.02 and before

Depending on the local installation Delft-Fews can be started using the Application Launcher or by using an executable program located in the Delft-Fews binary directory (usually a link/shortcut will have been set up). On Linux systems Delft-Fews is started using a shell script. When using the Application Launcher a user must select a profile and enter the required password at startup.

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There are four profiles with each of them its own password:

• Viewer
• Forecaster
• Configuration Manager
• System Manager

The Viewer profile is the most restricted profile, a user with this profile can only launch the FEWS Webserver. The System Manager Profile, on the other hand, has all the rights to launch Stand Alone and Operator Clients, launch the Configuration Manager and use the Admin Interface. Depending on the configuration of FEWS all or some profiles may be present.

A screen dump of the FEWS Application Launcher for the National Flood Forecasting System for England & Wales is presented as an example below.

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