Launching Tracer
The tracer application is contained in a file called 'Tracer.jar'. The application must be
launched as an application (i.e., it cannot be used inside a web browser). The method for
launching the application depends on the type of computer:
- For PC's
- Find the icon for Tracer.jar
- Double clicking the icon should launch the application
- For Macintosh OS X
- Open the Terminal application (its usual location is in the Utilities folder inside
the Applications folder) and change to the directory where Tracer.jar is located
- On the command line, type: java -jar Tracer.jar
- Alternatively, open the Terminal application as above and change to the directory
where your data is located
- On the command line, type: java -jar /pathname/Tracer.jar
- where /pathname/ is the Unix path to the directory containing Tracer.jar
- For Unix
- Change to the directory where Tracer.jar is located
- On the command line, type: java -jar Tracer.jar
- Alternatively, change to the directory where your data is located
- On the command line, type: java -jar /pathname/Tracer.jar
- where /pathname/ is the Unix path to the directory containing Tracer.jar
If successfully launched, the application will appear with a blank screen area, the next step is
to load an image
©2001 Roger P. Woods, M.D.
Modified: December 15, 2001