WebMIRS Frequently Asked Questions
Here is a list of general questions about WebMIRS. It certainly isn't
an exhaustive set of possible questions (that would be impossible),
so please feel free to ask others via our
Feedback Page.
Q: Who can use WebMIRS?
A: Pretty much anybody is welcome to sign up for and
use WebMIRS. The site is geared towards the medical research community,
but many others find the site useful in their work. Please share who
you are and your reasons for using WebMIRS either in your registration
or via the Feedback Page. This will allow us
to design the evolution of WebMIRS to better serve our users.
Q: I've followed all the installation procedures and
I still can't get WebMIRS to install correctly. What should I do?
A: First, check the Install Problems Page and see if
that helps. If you still have problems, please contact us using the
Feedback Page.
Q: When I click on the "Start WebMIRS"
button I either get the error message "The server has returned a
wrong MIME type when accessing to the resource" or I get a
dialog asking me if I want to download or open the file dynamicJnlp.php.
What should I do?
A: The most likely problem is that you have not
correctly installed Java Web Start. Check to see that is installed
(most likely in "C:\Program Files\Java Web Start" on PCs). If it is
there, try rebooting your machine. Next try uninstalling Java Web Start
and go through the Installation
procedures again. If this still doesn't work, please contact us using
the Feedback Page.
Q: I'm getting the error message "Can't connect
to server - there may be a firewall in the way.
java.net.ConnectException:Operation time out". Is there anything
I do?
A: We believe that this issue has been fixed and
should no longer occur. Verify that you are running the latest version
of WebMIRS by selecting the "Help->About" menu item. If
you are not running version 1.1 or above, you need to upgrade.
If you are running the most recent version,
however, please contact us using the Feedback
Page so we can verify that a firewall is indeed the problem.
Q: What is this "PSU/Strata" tab use for
in the "Results" section? Why doesn't it work when "
Quantitative Data" is selected?
A: PSU/Strata information was a feature added to
provide researchers with information about the statistical validity of
generalizing the result of a query to the general population. If you
are trying to do this type of generalization you need to take this into
account. Since the Quantitative Data is a subset based on the quality
of the images and not based on statistical measures, no such
generalization should be attempted and the PSU/Strata information isn't
applicable.
Q: WebMIRS seems to be running differently than it
did last week/month. What's going on?
A: Most likely this is because a new version has been
delivered. WebMIRS is a work in progress and new version are constantly
being created. You can see what the current version is by looking at
"About" option under the "Help" menu. To see what
is new in a particular release and to see the history of WebMIRS
versions, take a look at our
Versions section of the User Guide.
Q: Why isn't WebMIRS run as a Java applet anymore?
A: There are a number of advantages to delivering
WebMIRS as an application using Java Web Start(JWS) instead of as an
applet. First, requiring a specific version of the Java Runtime
Environment is much easier under JWS. Second, the security
constraints of using an applet were limiting the functionality of
WebMIRS and making more difficult for users to install. Lastly, using
JWS eliminates the many inconsistencies between the different web
browser software making it easier to deploy, install, and run WebMIRS.
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