Standalone Client

The uf110c client software can be used to submit jobs to UnForm from anywhere on your network after the server is installed and operating.   The client software is automatically installed on the same machine as the server, so jobs can be submitted locally.  However, you can install the client software on any network computer.  Any client can talk to any server, so you can mix and match different operating systems as you need.  For example, you could install the Windows server, and have both Windows and UNIX clients submit jobs to it.

Clients must be installed on any machine that will be submitting jobs to UnForm.  For example, in a Windows network, with the UnForm server installed on a single network server, each workstation that will be submitting jobs must have a client installed and configured to communicate with that server.

UnForm clients are available in both compiled (uf110cc) form and as a Perl script.  For Windows and modern Linux systems, the compiled form is preferred.  For older systems, the Perl form is used.  The ufcsetup.sh script will set up /usr/bin/uf110c to run the proper version.

The UNIX client is installed from the file uf110c.linux.version.gz, while the Windows client installer is called uf110c_.version.setup.exe.  The version should generally match the 11.0.x version that is installed, but there are rarely compatibility issues if they are not matched.

The UNIX/Linux install steps are as follows:

•Create a directory for the client, such as mkdir /opt/uf110c

•Set permissions on that directory: chmod 777 /opt/uf110c

•Copy the uf110c_linux.version.tar.gz file to that directory and cd to that directory

•Uncompress the file: gunzip *.gz file.

•Extract the files: tar xvf uf110c_linux.version.tar

•Run the setup script: ./ufcsetup.sh

•Edit the uf110c.ini file located in the install path to set up the client configuration.

The Windows client installer

Simply right-click the installer and 'Run as administrator', and follow the installation prompts.