What is installed with Kanzi?

Kanzi by default creates:

• Kanzi Studio installation directory at C:\Program Files\Rightware\Kanzi\<KanziVersion> and contains:
  • Kanzi Studio is installed to C:\Program Files\Rightware\Kanzi <KanziVersion>\Studio. The directory contains:
    • Asset Library directory contains assets that come with Kanzi, including fonts and materials.
    • Bin directory contains Kanzi Studio executable and its dependencies, including:
      • Kanzi Build Environment tool to install software required to build and deploy your Kanzi applications to different platforms. See Installing the Kanzi build environment for Android and Deploying Kanzi applications.
      • Kanzi Command Prompt launches a Windows command prompt with Kanzi environment variables set. With the Kanzi Command Prompt you can build Kanzi projects, access build tools such as SCons and Ant, and Kanzi utilities without writing absolute paths.
        You can find the Kanzi Command Prompt in the Windows Start Menu in the Rightware directory.
      • PluginInterface.dll enables you to extend the functionality of Kanzi Studio. See Kanzi Studio plugins.
  • KanziUILicenseAgreement.txt contains the Kanzi license terms.
• Kanzi workspace directory at C:\KanziWorkspace_<KanziVersion> and contains:
  • 3rdPartySDKs directory contains the software required to build and deploy your Kanzi applications to different platforms. See Installing the Kanzi build environment for Android and Deploying Kanzi applications.
  • Assets directory contains the RuntimeAssets Kanzi Studio project which you can use to replace Kanzi shaders with binary shaders. See Replacing Kanzi shaders with binary shaders.
  • Documentation directory contains Kanzi documentation.
  • Engine directory contains Kanzi Engine and the Kanzi Engine binaries:
    • applications directory contains the source code for the kzb Player.
    • configs directory contains configuration files for building projects with Kanzi Engine.
    • include directory contains the Kanzi Engine h and hpp header files.
    • lib directory contains Kanzi Engine binary libraries for each platform.
    • libraries directory contains third-party libraries required by Kanzi Engine.
    • Scripts directory contains the scripts for building your Kanzi application for different platforms.
  • Examples directory contains Kanzi example projects that show how some Kanzi features work. See Examples.
  • Projects directory is the default location where Kanzi Studio creates projects. See Creating a project.
  • Templates directory contains templates you can use as a starting point for programming Kanzi applications. See Creating a project.
  • Tutorials directory contains the projects and assets for the Kanzi tutorials. See Tutorials.
• In the Windows directory for application data that is shared between users Kanzi creates directory %ProgramData%\Rightware\Kanzi.
• Paths to the Kanzi Build Environment tools in %ProgramData%\Rightware\<KanziVersion>\kanzi_environment_variables.bat. Kanzi uses these tools to build applications. See Setting the Kanzi environment variables.
• Registry entries that associate .kzproj files with Kanzi Studio.
• When you start Kanzi Studio for the first time Kanzi Studio creates %AppData%\Rightware\<KanziVersion>\userPreferences.xml that contains the Kanzi Studio preferences.
• Kanzi Studio stores log messages in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp\KanziStudioLogs in these files:
  • KanziStudio.log contains messages from Kanzi Studio.
  • KanziPreview.log contains messages from the Kanzi Studio Preview. See The Preview log file.
  • KanziThumbnails.log contains messages from the process that draws the thumbnails in Kanzi Studio.
  • KanziStudio_crash<n>.log contains termination log messages, when Kanzi Studio terminates unexpectedly.

See also

Tutorials

Tutorial: Getting started with Kanzi Studio

Creating a project

Deploying Kanzi applications

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