Installing Offline Plan Generation

Important notes before you start:

  • Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 are supported.
  • If you have previously installed OPG, you will first need to uninstall the existing copy via the Control Panel, i.e. in 'Add or Remove Programs' (XP), or 'Programs and Features' (Vista).
  • If you have Windows XP installed you must first make sure you have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 installed.
  • Some anti virus software, particularly Norton, may incorrectly report the OPG install file as a virus. Once installed, there are no further issues.
  • You will require a mouse with a scroll wheel to access some OPG functionality.
  • A current Landonline digital certificate needs to be installed on your computer if you wish to access the File Transfer Service (FTS). You will also require your Landonline user id and password.

System requirements

The minimum requirements for installation of the OPG application follow. We recommend you do not install OPG on anything below these specifications.

  • Single core CPU at 3 GHz, or Dual core CPU at 2GHz (or better)
  • 2GB RAM
  • 1GB of available disk space should be plenty
Installation information
First step

Before you start, read sections 2.3, 2.4.1 and 2.4.2 (pages 9-10) of the OPG user guide for information on how to download and install OPG.

Download links

OPG application (exe 12.8MB) - This is a self installing executable (Version 1.2.4).

OPG sample_packages (zip 90KB)



Supporting documentation
Release notesOPG release notes and known issues
e-survey and OPG user guides

e-survey user guide (pdf 4.95MB)

OPG user guide (pdf 2.2MB)

Importing/exporting packagesFor information on importing and exporting packages for OPG, go to section 9.5 (page 164) of the e-survey user guide.
Additional information on OPG package content for developers

Offline Plan Generation Package & XML Specification (pdf 586KB)

OPG XML schema definition (.xsd 27KB)