1. Sign Up for an Account
2. Run the License Manager
3. Start using the Editors
4. Download and run your Stimuli, Trials, and Experiments

You must have a WinVis account to use WinVis software. Signing up is quick and easy. Make sure you sign up for a subscription package that includes WinVis online. Basic subscriptions start at $150 per year. Get an account by going to the registration page (opens a new window).

To run WinVis software, you need to license your computer. When you signed up, you chose a package that included at least one machine license. A machine license lets you use all the WinVis software you have signed up for on a single computer.

Get the license manager from the downloads section on the WinVis website, and run it on the computer you will use to run your experiments.

The License Manager will contact the WinVis server to confirm what WinVis software you currently have permission to use. Your permissions are determined by the package(s) you chose when you signed up.

A subscription to WinVis online gets you access to the stimulus, trial, and experiment editors. There are many resources to get you started using the editors. You can check the tutorials page, look at examples through the stimulus, trial, and experiment search pages, and get help in the forums.

For in-depth descriptions of the concepts involved in WinVis online, check out the WinVis System Overview or the WinVis Design Process.

When you have finished creating a stimulus, trial, or experiment, you will be able to compile it. You may then download and run your new creation. Running a newly completed Stimulus or Trial executable will open a menu to edit parameters. Once those are set, you can run the stimulus or trial, and the result will be displayed.

If you have created an experiment, running the executable will open a small, menu-driven program to help you set parameters for your experiment.

1. Sign Up for an Account
2. Install W4M
3. Setup your Matlab environment
4. Run the License Manager
5. Start Using W4M
6. Begin Writing Scripts

You must have a WinVis account to use WinVis for Matlab. Signing up is quick and easy. Make sure you sign up for a subscription package that includes WinVis for Matlab (W4M). Basic subscriptions start at $150 per year.

Once you have signed up, you need to download and install W4M. Get the W4M installer and the WinVis License Manager at the downloads page. Run the W4M installer. It will ask you to locate the Matlab folder.

Add WinVis to the Matlab Path
Start Matlab, and choose Set Path from the File Menu. (Make sure that the JVM is enabled on this version. If you do not know what this means, then ignore the previous instruction and continue). Click on Add with Subfolders and select the destination directory you specified in the installer. (By default: C:\Program Files\MatlabR12)

Create a shortcut to Matlab –NOJVM
Close Matlab if it is still open. Create a shortcut to Matlab on the desktop. Right click on the shortcut and choose properties. In the properties dialog, add -nojvm to the target. (Make sure there is a space between matlab.exe and -nojvm).

To run WinVis for Matlab, you need to license your computer. When you signed up, you chose a package that included at least one machine license. A machine license lets you use all the WinVis software you have signed up for on a single computer.

Get the license manager from the downloads section on the WinVis website, and run it on the computer you will use to run your experiments.

The License Manager will contact the WinVis server to confirm what WinVis software you currently have permission to use. Your permissions are determined by the package(s) you chose when you signed up.

Startup WinVis
Open up Matlab with your newly created shortcut. At the command prompt, type in WinVis to load the DLL. If this returns a 0, WinVis has successfully loaded.

Load the Matlab M-File Editor
You may notice that the version of Matlab that is open (without the JVM) can not make use of the m-file editor. In order to work around this, simply startup the m-file editor. To do this, browse to the Matlab folder using windows explorer. In the bin\win32 sub-folder, there is a file called meditor.exe. Run this file to load the m-file editor. When you have finished editing your scripts, simply save them and run them from the NOJVM version of Matlab (or copy and paste into the command window).

There are many resources to help you get started. You can view some of the sample scripts online, view the samples included with the W4M installation, and read the W4M manual. You can also use the forums to ask questions and get answers about writing W4M scripts.