Install

Install Dispatch Studio

Windows only for now. Setup takes a couple of minutes, needs no administrator rights, and lets you choose which parts of the app you want.

What you need

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
About 470 MB of free disk space.
Nothing else to install first. The Java the engines run on comes with the app.
For the Observe mode, a Dispatch APM server to connect to. The APM server guide sets one up.

The six steps

STEP 1Download

Get the installer

Setup is one file, about 280 MB: the setup program and the app together. The download is not published yet, and this page will link it as soon as it is.

STEP 2Start

Run it

Double-click the file. If Dispatch Studio is already open, setup says so and offers to close it; it will not carry on while Studio is open, so nothing is replaced under you.

STEP 3Welcome

Press Get started

The first screen shows the version that will be installed and, if you already have Dispatch Studio, which version is on this computer. Press Get started, or Update if it is already there.

STEP 4Choose

Pick the modes you will use

Dispatch Studio has five modes: Build, Load, Observe, Workflows and AI Ground. Tick the ones you want. A mode you leave out is hidden from the app, with no tab, no shortcut and no entry in search, and nothing of yours is deleted. At least one must stay ticked.

The install folder is shown under the list, with a Change location link. Everything starts ticked, so pressing Install straight away gives you the whole app. On an update, your earlier choice is already ticked.

The setup window on its Choose what to install screen: Build, Load and Observe ticked, Workflows and AI Ground unticked, each with a one-line description, a count of three of five selected, the install folder with a Change location link, and an Install button.

STEP 5Install

Watch it install

A progress bar shows how much has been copied, with a line saying what is happening. If a step takes more than a couple of seconds, a loader says so rather than leaving the window looking stuck. Cancel stops setup; files already copied stay.

The setup window while installing: a blue progress bar at 62 percent, the line "Copying the app and its engines", the install folder and a Cancel button.

STEP 6Done

Open Dispatch Studio

The last screen names what was installed. Press Open Dispatch Studio. Your projects and settings are kept in your own user folder, not in the install folder, so updating or removing the app never touches them.

The setup window on its last screen: a green tick and "Dispatch Studio is ready", saying it was installed with Build, Load and Observe, with Close and Open Dispatch Studio buttons.

Changing it later

Modes. Open Settings, then Features, tick or untick a mode and press Apply. The change takes effect when Studio restarts. Because nothing is deleted, turning a mode back on shows everything in it again.

Updating. Run the newer setup. It keeps your projects and your choice of modes.

Removing. Open Windows Settings, then Apps, then Dispatch Studio, then Uninstall. Your projects stay in your user folder until you delete them yourself.

Installing for a team

The installer takes the same choices on the command line, with no windows. /FEATURES= lists the modes (build, load, observe, workflows, ai) in any order; with nothing listed you get all five, and an update keeps what was chosen before.

# for installing on other people's machines
Dispatch-Studio-Setup.exe /S /currentuser /FEATURES=build,load /D=D:\Apps\Dispatch Studio