WINDOWS INSTALLATION

The method used to install the server on Windows depends on the type of system.

•Desktop systems (i.e. Windows 7)

Simply execute the downloaded setup executable.

•2008 and higher, without Terminal Services

Right-click the setup executable, and ‘Run As Administrator’.  

•2008 and higher with Terminal Services

Use Control Panel, Install Application on Terminal Server, and execute the setup executable.  Later versions refer to "Terminal Server" and "Remote Desktop Services".

Follow the on-screen prompts from the installer to install UnForm to your system.  This will install both the server program and a local client (uf101c.exe) program.  The client program and its associated support files will be installed in both the server directory and in the Windows System directory, enabling a command line launch without a full path, as the Windows System directory is generally included in the PATH environment variable.

This will also install shortcuts to the server manager and documentation, under the Start, Programs, UnForm 10.1 Server menu.  Run the server manager to activate and operate the server.

Permissions

Often, a local UnForm client (uf101c.exe) is used to submit jobs to the UnForm server.  When the client connects to the server "localhost", it knows it is running on the same system, and will copy submission files, and when needed retrieve output files, directly to and from the server's "temp" sub-directory.  The installer will attempt to grant the special user "Everyone" full rights to that directory, but if this fails, and administrator can add this access manually.

Client Path Access

The local client is installed in the server folder, and an attempt is also made to copy the uf101c*.* files to the System32 and SysWow64 directories to enable path-free execution.  However, on some systems this does not work for a setup script, so you can take one of several approaches:

•Use full paths to the uf101c.exe executable

•Copy uf101c*.* from an existing path to the Windows\System32 directory

•Edit the system PATH environment variable to include a directory where the uf101c*.* files reside

Bundled Apache HTTPD Server

The Windows installation includes Apache.  Apache for Windows is compiled using a recent version of Microsoft Visual Studio, and the Apache binaries require a VC runtime of a compatible level.  That runtime redistributable installer is included in the UnForm server's httpd directory.  If Apache (httpd.exe) fails to start on your system, it is likely that this redistributable needs to be installed by an Administrator.