Guy Beaupré wrote these instructions after a successful MSWindows installation of FreeMED.

He wrote:

Here's the recipe to install the latest Freemed version ( 0.8.1.1 ) on Windows ( WinXP)

Ingredients:

       Apache 1.0.34

       PHP-4.4.1-installer.exe
       PHP-4.4.1-Win32.zip

       MySQL Version 4.1.15
       MySQL Administrator 1.1.5

       PEAR ( located under C:\PHP\PEAR )

       WinRAR ( for files extractions )


How-To:

1) Install Apache 1.0.34 for Windows

2) Install PHP

       Note: Using the standard installation directory simplify the configuration!!!!

             i.e.: c:\PHP

       - Read install.txt located under the c:\PHP directory

       - Install PHP as a CGI Script in Apache

               Example: Edit http.conf under "conf" directory in Apache

                Add the following lines at the end:

                       ScriptAlias /php/ "c:/php/"
                       AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

                       # For PHP 4
                       Action application/x-httpd-php "/php/php.exe"

                       # specify the directory where php.ini is
                       SetEnv PHPRC C:/php



3) Make sure the PHP.INI under windows is available.

       - You should make a copy of PHP.ini under c:\PHP....

4) Download Freemed software

   - Extract Freemed-0.8.1.1 under "htdocs" directory

   - Rename it to "freemed"

5) Install PEAR

   - Go to C:\PHP directory

   - Execute C:\PHP> PHP PEAR\go-pear.php local

   - Say yes to most of the questions

   - Double click on the PEAR_ENV.REG file located under C:\PHP directory


6) Install MySQL

   - Create freemed db

   - Create "freemed" user with all rights

   - Associate a "XXXXX" password to the "freemed" user

7) Modify lib\settings.php

   Note: Make sure the "ROOT" password is empty here and in the MySQL DB....

  Example:

               Change or double check the following lines in the "settings" file:

               define ('INSTALLATION', "Stock FreeMED Install"); // installation name
               define ('DB_HOST', "localhost"); // database (SQL) host location
               define ('DB_NAME', "freemed"); // database name
               define ('DB_USER', "root"); // SQL server username
               define ('DB_PASSWORD', "");             // SQL server password
               define ('PHYSICAL_LOCATION', "c:/program files/apache group/apache/htdocs/freemed");
               define ('PATID_PREFIX', "PAT"); // used to generate internal practice ID
               define ('BUG_TRACKER', false); // set bug tracker on or off
               //define ('TEMPLATE', "default");       // set default template
               define ('TEMPLATE', "newskin"); // set default template
               define ('HOST', '192.168.0.10'); // host name for this system
               define ('BASE_URL', '/freemed'); // offset (i.e. http://here/package)
               define ('HTTP', 'http'); // http for normal, https for SSL
               define ('SESSION_PROTECTION', true); // strong session protection?
               define ('RECORD_LOCK_TIMEOUT', 180); // record lock timeout in seconds
               define ('DEFAULT_LANGUAGE', "en_US"); // default language
               define ('ALWAYS_SELFTEST', true); // We can check the health of the database etc, at every login...
               define ('AUTHENTICATION_TYPE', 'Password'); // authentication type
               define ('ALWAYS_LANGUAGE_BAR', true); // Do we always display the language selection bar?
               define ('INIT_ADDR',"127.0.0.1"); // this is the only IP address that can run the init wizard...


8) Call http://127.0.0.1/freemed/install.php

9) It works....or should work....


Good luck....

Guy