Installation and Platform Notes

Follow the standard instructions for installation, licensing, and removal.

If a valid license is not found in one of the default locations, the user will be prompted to specify the location of the license file. The user may specify a local file, a file on a network/shared drive, or a network URL. If the specified file contains a valid license, the license file will be copied to a local cache so that it does not have to be found each time.

When the license file expires, a new license will automatically be searched for in the location that was specified for the current license. If a valid license is found in that location, it will automatically by copied over and used without any user action required. If a valid license file cannot be found, the user will again be prompted to locate one. When there are fewer than 30 days remaining on the current license, the application title bar will change to report the number of days remaining.

Once VIDA has started, the user can view the actual license file being used (that is, the locally cached copy), specify a new license file, or force an update of the current license from the originally specified location. These options can be accessed in the License submenu of the main Help menu.

Enterprise Installation for Windows

It is possible to perform a “silent installation” of VIDA by running the installer with the /S flag. During a silent installation, no progress or other installation windows will be displayed. If this flag is used, the installer should be run from an administrative account to avoid the appearance of a “User Account Control” dialog during installation. No reboot is required after installation.

By default, the OpenEye file extensions “.oes” (VIDA state files), “.oeb” (OpenEye binary files), and “.vpy” (VIDA Python scripts) are associated with the VIDA application. Users can optionally associate Mol files (.mol, .sdf, .sd), PDB files (.pdb, .ent), Mol2 files (.mol2), and grid and surface files (.grd, .agd, .srf, .oesrf) with VIDA, but by default these optional associations are not made.