MeV is capable of being launched and run from the web via Java Webstart. It is also possible to have MeV launch and automatically load a specific datafile on startup. These two features together allow us the ability to provide simple weblinks that, when clicked, will launch MeV and load a dataset of choice.

Examples

Launch MeV with pre-loaded sample data.
Launch MeV with no data loaded.

Command Line options

-help

Print help text and exit MeV.

-gaggle

If this flag is present, MeV will automatically try to connect to the Gaggle boss on startup. It will start the boss if one is not already started. This option requires an internet connection.

-fileType TYPE

This flag specifies the type of datafile to be loaded. Options are:

• tdms: Tab Delimited, Multiple Sample Files (TDMS) (*.*)
• mev: MeV Files (*.mev and *.ann)
• tav: TIGR ArrayViewer Files (*.tav)
• affy-gcos: Affymetrix GCOS(using MAS5) Files
• dchip: dChip/DFCI_Core Format Files
• gw-affy: GW Affymetrix Files
• bioconductor-mas5: Bioconductor(using MAS5) Files
• rma: RMA Files
• cgh: CGH Tab Delimited, Multiple Sample
• affy-gp: GEO SOFT Affymetrix Format Files
• two-channel-gpl: GEO SOFT Two Channel Format Files
• genepix: GenePix Format Files
• agilent: Agilent Files
• geo-series-matrix: GEO Series Matrix Files
• geo-gds: GEO GDS Format Files

-fileUrl URL

The URL of the data file to be preloaded. This must be a complete url, including the http:// or ftp:// protocol indicators. Relative urls are not supported. Local filesystem files are also not supported at this time.

-firstRow

The index of the first row of expression data (rather than annotation) in a TDMS-like file. If both this and the firstColumn flag are set, MeV can load TDMS-like datafiles without interaction from the user. This number is zero-indexed.

-firstColumn

The index of the first column of expression data (rather than annotation) in a TDMS-like file. If both this and the firstRow flag are set, MeV can load TDMS-like datafiles without interaction from the user. This number is zero-indexed.

-arrayType

This value specifies the name of the array that the data in -fileUrl came from. The string must exactly match one of the list of currently-supported arrays, found at ftp://occams.dfci.harvard.edu/pub/bio/tgi/data/Resourcerer/pipeline/supp.... The species name is not required.

What if I can't launch MeV via WebStart?

MeV requires Java v1.6 to run (v1.5 for Mac OS). Please ensure that you have the correct version before attempting to launch with Java Webstart. You can download Java v1.6 on the Java website.