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Use the dictionary offline

To install the dictionary server, follow the following instructions.

Check that a Java interpreter (e.g., java or jre) is installed on your computer. (On Windows, open a DOS box and type "jre -version" or "java -version" and see if the version number of Java is printed.)
Download the server program (200 KB)
Download at least one of the databases (the other can be installed optionally.)
- English-Vietnamese database (3.0 MB)
- French-Vietnamese database (3.5 MB)
- English-English database (7.2 MB)
Extract the files hnd.zip, english.zip and french.zip to some directory. NB: Don't extract wn.zip!!!
Modify the file httpserver.properties in that directory. The following entries are relevant:
- port - the port the server listens to. Default is 8080
- httproot - the root directory of the server. Default is where the server is started
- log - determines if logging should be activated. Default is false
- latin1 - relevant for French-Vietnamese dictionary only. If set to true, the font Arial is used for French and .VnTime for Vietnamese text, otherwise .VnTime is used for both.
- cssLink - the URL of a style sheet that defines how the lookup results will be displayed (font, color, decoration etc.)
The following databases can be configured:
- ev - the name of the English-Vietnamese data file. Should be anhviet.txt
- ve - the name of the Vietnamese-English data file. Should be vietanh.txt
- fv - the name of the French-Vietnamese data file. Should be phapviet.txt
- vf - the name of the Vietnamese-French data file. Should be vietphap.txt
- wn - the name of the English-English data file. Should be wn.zip (!)
Modify the script for starting the server (startServer on Unix, startServer.bat on Windows), i.e., change the path of the Java interpreter to point to the correct location. If JDK1.2.x is used, change the interpreter's name to java.

Now you can start the dictionary server by going to its home directory and run startServer. While the server is running it can be accessed from any Web browser at the URL http://yourhost:port where yourhost is the name or the IP address of your computer and port is the port number specified in the file httpserver.properties

The source code of the program is distributed under GNU General Public License. If you modify it, please send me back your modifications.