The software is issued in the form of a ZIP file: all you need to do is to create a suitable directory
(perhaps c:\saxon) and unzip the supplied file.
The executable software will then be installed in the folder c:\saxon\bin. The main components
are as follows:
|
File |
Contents |
|
saxon9he.dll |
Saxon Home Edition |
|
saxon9pe.dll |
Saxon Professional Edition |
|
saxon9ee.dll |
Saxon Enterprise Edition |
|
saxon9api.dll |
Provides classes implementing Saxon's .NET API |
|
Transform.exe |
Command line entry-point for XSLT transformation |
|
Query.exe |
Command line entry-point for XQuery evaluation |
|
Validate.exe |
Command line entry-point for XML Schema validation |
|
IKVM.Runtime.dll |
Run-time library for the IKVM cross-compiler |
|
IKVM.GNU.Classpath.dll |
GNU implementation of the Java class library |
To develop your own applications, you will want to register the Saxon DLL assemblies in the Global Assembly
Cache. To assist in this, a script is provided in the same directory, called install-gac.cmd.
It is useful to set the environment variable SAXON_HOME to the directory in which Saxon is installed
(c:\saxon in our example). This is used (a) when locating the Saxon-EE license key (see
Obtaining a license key) and (b) by some of the sample applications.
It is also useful to add the /bin subdirectory to the PATH environment variable.
This enables you to use the commands Transform, Query, and Validate without
identifying their location explicitly.
Unless you want to use different versions of Saxon in different applications, it is simplest to make these
permament settings. Go to Control Panel / System / Advanced / Environment Variables. If Saxon
is used by multiple users, add a system environment variable SAXON_HOME; if there is a single user, make
it a user environment variable. At the same time, edit the value of the existing PATH variable.
You may need to restart applications for the settings to take effect.
If you are new to the product, you will probably want to download the sample C# applications.
