Installation requirements

There are several installation options. A typical example is given here: CASIC Builder™ is installed on a server computer. Several browser computers access the server.

Web/Database Server

• Microsoft Windows® 2003 server computer running Microsoft's Internet Information Server® (IIS) version 6.0. IIS is Microsoft's web server.
• The server computer must have the Microsoft ".NET"® 2.0 Run-time Framework (available as a download from Microsoft).
• CASIC Builder™ may be deployed with either Microsoft's SQL Server® 2000 or above database, or Microsoft's downloadable SQL Express®. SQL Express is available as a free download. Its restriction is that the database cannot exceed 4 gigabytes of storage. This is suitable for even a large study.
• With SQL Express or SQL 2005, CASIC Builder can take advantage of their data encryption abilities to secure all personally identifying information.
• The database server may be a different computer than the web server.
• Recommended minimum system memory size: 2 GB. Servers that will be used by multiple workstations will benefit from additional memory.

CASIC computers

• Microsoft windows computer with Internet Explorer® browser, version 5.5 or above, or Firefox™ 1.0.7.
• For audio playback, Microsoft's Windows Media Player®, a sound card and speakers/headphones are required. A microphone and sound card are required to record sound tracks.
• For video playback, either Apple QuickTime® or Microsoft's Windows Media Player® is required.
• For touch screen operation, a touch screen device and video card are required.

Stand-alone computers

CASIC Builder™ can be installed on stand-alone computers, including laptops running Microsoft Windows 2003® or XP Professional®.

Please contact us for additional details.