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 project, 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 Kanzi UI Solution directory.
• 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.
  • Documentation directory contains Kanzi documentation.
  • Engine directory contains Kanzi Engine and the Kanzi Engine binaries:
    • Applications directory contains the source code for KZB Player and for creating custom tool modules for Kanzi Studio.
    • configs directory contains all required configuration files for building projects with Kanzi Engine. This includes SCons scripts, and Visual Studio project and solution files.
    • headers directory contains all the header files (.h and .hpp) required for using Kanzi Engine.
    • lib directory contains Kanzi Engine binary libraries for each platform.
    • libraries directory contains third-party libraries required by Kanzi Engine.
    • Scripts directory contains the script for building your Kanzi application for the platform you select.
  • Examples directory contains Kanzi example projects that show how some Kanzi features work. See Examples.
  • Templates directory contains templates you can use as a starting point for programming Kanzi applications.
  • Tutorials directory contains the 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

Installing the Kanzi build environment for Android

Tutorial: Create a simple in-vehicle infotainment application

Tutorials

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