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App Studio Requirements

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You must be an administrator to the Windows machine to run the installation.

Review the following requirements to ensure your machine supports App Studio.

Hardware Requirements

App Studio is a 64-bit application and includes a 64-bit Reporting Server that requires 64-bit Java. Verify that your Windows machine meets the App Studio hardware requirements:

  • 2 GHz or faster dual core 64-bit (x64) processor.
  • 4 GB of RAM minimum.
  • 8 GB of free disk space.
  • Screen resolution of 1366x768 is recommended.

Software Requirements

Your Windows machine must meet the following App Studio software requirements:

  • Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Enterprise, Professional or Ultimate editions, Windows 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008, or 2008 R2 Server editions.
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer®. Internet Explorer components are required for App Studio. Internet Explorer 11 is certified for App Studio.
  • Adobe® Reader®. Adobe Reader XI (11) and Adobe Reader X (10) are certified with App Studio.
  • Adobe Flash® Player. Adobe Flash Player 10 or higher is certified with App Studio. Required for the Active PDF report output format.

    For more information on Adobe Flash Player and to verify the state of support on 64-bit browsers, check the Adobe website:

    http://www.adobe.com

To use the WebFOCUS servlet, the required third-party components are included with App Studio. App Studio can install and configure Apache Tomcat for use as both a web server and application server.

Note: App Studio is built using Visual Studio and requires the Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2012. The Visual C++ Redistributable Packages install run-time components of Visual C++ libraries that are required to run applications developed using Visual Studio 2012 on a computer that does not have Visual Studio 2012 installed. Most machines have the required libraries. However, when running the product, if your system does not have the required updates to allow this application to run, you will receive the following message:
The program can’t start because mfc110.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

or

This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem.

To correct this issue, download and install the latest update Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 x64 version from https://www.microsoft.com.

Provided Third-Party Components

The following third-party components are provided for use with App Studio. If they are not present on your machine, you have the option to install them with App Studio:

  • Java 8 Update 162 (8u162). Java is included with App Studio. Java will be used for local stand-alone development when the option to install Tomcat is also selected.
  • Apache Tomcat 8.5.29. A web and/or application server is required for stand-alone Project-based development, local report processing, and the Help system. Apache Tomcat is provided and can be automatically configured for use as either both a web and application server or as only an application server.

    Apache Tomcat is required for the App Studio Help system even if you are using another web and/or application server supported with WebFOCUS.

    Optionally, the product can be configured to use remote hosted Help.

    Without a web and/or application server, you can create and process reports by connecting App Studio to an instance of WebFOCUS installed somewhere else. However, files cannot be processed or stored locally without a web or application server on the App Studio machine.

    Note: The version of Tomcat that is included with App Studio is installed for the Help system, and for local and stand-alone development. You have the option to install the Tomcat packaged with App Studio under the default directory,…\ibi\tomcat\, or in another location of your choice. If we detect an existing version, you can select to use that installation and allow the installation to configure the required context roots. Tomcat will be configured using default ports. If you already have an instance of Tomcat installed, for example, a 6 version, and you also install a version 8 of Tomcat through App Studio, you need to ensure that the two versions do not use the same ports. See Configuring Additional Web and/or Application Servers for additional information on how to configure Tomcat ports.

Note: The installation program includes the following third-party components: Tomcat, Java, and Derby. Later versions or releases of these third-party components, which often contain fixes for security vulnerabilities, may exist at installation time. It is your responsibility to check the vendor sites listed below for updates to newer versions or releases of these third-party components if you intend to use them with App Studio. Install the new updates or versions prior to proceeding with the App Studio installation. If these components are installed through the App Studio installation program, it is your responsibility to update these components after the installation is completed.

The latest version of Tomcat is available at https://tomcat.apache.org.

The latest version of Java is available at https://www.java.com.

The latest version of Derby is available at https://db.apache.org/derby.

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