Downloading and Installing XEP

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∟Downloading and Installing XEP

This section provides a tutorial example on how to download and install RenderX XEP 4.24 Free Personal edition on a Windows system. XEP requires Java 1.8 to run.

If you are interested in RenderX XEP, you can try it with the Free Personal edition first. Here is what I did to download and install XEP 4.24 Free Personal edition on my Windows system:

1. Go to RenderX XEP Website at http://www.renderx.com/download/personal.html.

2. Fill in and submit the Personal License Download form with my email address.

3. Wait for the email from RenderX and open it.

4. Click the download link in the email and save the downloaded file to a temporary folder like C:\temp\xep-4.24-2015-09-25-personal.zip, or higher versions.

5. Unzip the download file to a temporary sub folder like C:\temp\xep. I see files like setup.bat and setup-4.24-2015-09-25-personal.jar there.

6. Make sure JDK is installed on my Windows system.

7. Go back to the RenderX email and save the attached license file to C:\temp\xep\license.xml.

8. Double-click on C:\temp\xep\setup.bat. I see XEP installation window showing up.

9. Follow instructions on the window to finish the installation. Remember to select license file from C:\temp\xep\license.xml.

10. Verify the installation by running the following in a command line window:

herong> \progra~1\RenderX\xep\xep -help

XEP 4.24.444
java com.renderx.xep.XSLDriver
       {<option>}
       {-quiet | -version | -valid | -hosted | -help}
       ( [-xml] <infile> [-xsl <stylesheet>] {-param <name=value>}
         | -fo <infile>
         | -xep <infile> )
       [-f]
       [[-<output format>] <outfile>]
Available output formats: ppml (PPML), xps (XPS), at (XEP), pdf (PDF), 
   afp (AFP), html (HTML), svg (SVG), ps (Postscript), xep (XEP).