Windows: Start OpenEMR from xampp

OpenEMR Development
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blankev wrote on Sunday, April 12, 2009:

I finaly got a personal copy running of OpenEMR version 3.0.1, installation was done as proposed in the hectic Version 3.0.1.1. discussions.

THANKS ALL!!!!! An d like me have a happy Easter time with your loved ones!

Alfonso, Brady, Joe, Rod and Sam and all others who got me on the right track again. Losing all my time in translation of Dutch version I didn’t have the guts to try another installation again.

Yes it works and is great to see what I missed during my translation month.

Some comments

Comment (1): Changed globals.php in Language=5 (Dutch translation) and suddenly I could not print my recipeas before! Dutch translation will make your PC a Dutch_PC, and that is a part I did not want!

For the work around I did the following:

Make another translation: "7" "dc" "Dutch Caribbean" upload the "dc lang_definitions" and no more hassle to find all Dutch_PC transpositions. (If you want to know how to do a Language import, it will probably be included in next Brady insert language script, or ask me for a detailed explanation)

Comment (2) I included in c:/xampp/localhost/xampp/special.inc the following line:

<a class="n" target="content" onclick="h(this);" href="http://localhost/openemr">OpenEMR</a><br>

and now after reading all good advises about security, php.ini settings etc. I can start OpenEMR from the Special link in the lowest part of xampp opening screen. An advantage is that you can’t go back with the BROWSER BACK BUTTON Xampp, … or is this a disadvantage?

Thanks again, and YES now I will also spend some extra quality time with friends and family.

Pimm

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ideaman911 wrote on Tuesday, April 14, 2009:

Pimm;

If you are starting fresh, or upgrading, the latest Windows release and my new/upgrade instructions just posted by Brady in the Wiki are absolutely idiot proof and so easy your kid could set it up.  It comes with the default view as the tree, instead of the prior radio buttons, but that is easily changed in Globals.php.

I was unable to get to the "Receipt" in Charges with the tree view, which might be your issue.  It is a known bug.

Joe Holzer    Idea Man
http://www.holzerent.com

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blankev wrote on Tuesday, April 14, 2009:

Joe,

Thanks for the advise, but YES I did not even wanted to argue your or Sam Or Brady’s all mentioned advises in the Forums and good intruction manuals, it installed without any major problems.

I only wanted to suggest an extra Line somewhere in the xampp files so for those who want to explore xampp could also start OpenEMR from within xampp startup page.

Just a nice little extra to give xampp also the chance to show what else can be done with xampp.

Pimm

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blankev wrote on Tuesday, April 14, 2009:

Brady,

this is a nice new feature! Although I would put it in the right hand upper corner (and make it a extra option, actually it has little to do with normal all day startups). Once choosen it would seem logic that next time OpenEMR is run, it will startup with this New-Language as default new language???

Can you add another Dutch language? Because Dutch will give you the Dutch DBC kind of billing and I know general practitioners in the Netherlands and elsewhere do not use a Diagnose Based Coding.

So have the option Dutch DBC translation and "Dutch Simple" for me as a Simple Dutch language user. In principle it can be the same lang_definitions as the 5 dc Dutch lang_definitions. (Dutch_Carib sound more professional though :slight_smile:

OpenEMR uses the “5” or the “dc” to translate OpenEMR to be used as a Dutch_PC with all included haressement about DBC’s, and huge Bossman recipe printing.

(In CVS-Demo I could not reproduce my complaint about Dutch_PC, so may be this is solved in the mean time??

Pimm

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anojgoel wrote on Friday, April 17, 2009:

anyone has openemr running on a usb stick? i was able to get xampp runiing off the usb, but unable to get the openemr login page?

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bradymiller wrote on Friday, April 17, 2009:

hey,

If you want to install the XAMPP-windows someplace besides C: then follow below instructions after you extract or move the XAMPP-windows package:
-Double-click xampp/setup_xampp (type 1 in console)
-Set the $webserver_root to the path in openemr/interface/global.php
-Start the apache/mysql apps

Then you should be good

-brady

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rpl121 wrote on Friday, April 17, 2009:

I used an external hard drive and copied the \xampp directory to the hard drive.  Then I took the hard drive to another Windows computer that did not have xampp and related programs on it.  I checked to see what letter number was assigned to the external drive and made the appropriate change to paths in the globals.php file on the hard drive.

Then I used the computer to click on some sort of xampp initialization program on the hard drive and then I could run OpenEMR just fine by using browser.

The same thing worked for me with a USB stick, but it was painfully slow.