Specifications

About deploying applications
596 InfoMaker
Figure 22-1: Deploying an InfoMaker application
To set up a user’s machine to run your application, you need to copy all the
runtime files and database interface files you need to the right places. If you are
using a SQL Anywhere database, the SQL Anywhere files needed to run your
application must also be installed.
When you deploy an InfoMaker application, what you install on a user’s
computer depends on whether the user has InfoMaker installed.
If the user does not have InfoMaker installed, you need to install the following
files:
Table 22-1: Files required on the user’s computer
If the user has InfoMaker installed, you need to install only ODBC drivers (if
your database is an ODBC database).
❖ To deploy an application, do the following:
1 Create a folder for the application on the user’s computer.
2 Copy the application executable and initialization files to the application
folder.
3 Install the runtime files required.
4 Distribute your data source.
What to install Notes
Runtime DLLs You need install only the runtime files that your application
uses
ODBC drivers If your database is an ODBC database, install the ODBC
database driver
Native database
drivers
If your database is a native database, install the native
database driver
Additional files Check with your database vendor for information about
additional files you need to deploy and the licensing issues