Installing CA Plex › Install the Base Product

Install the Base Product

You must install the base product to start working with the product and develop your first application.

Note: You must have administrator rights to install CA Plex. If you try to install CA Plex without being logged as an administrator, you can get an error 1628: Failed to complete installation from InstallShield.

To install the CA Plex base product on a development workstation

1. Insert the CA Plex product CD into a CD-ROM drive.

   The CA Plex Installation CD window appears.

2. Click the Read button to read the CA Plex documentation, and review the installation and upgrade information.
3. Click the Install button to begin the installation.

   Initiate one of the following installations from the displayed menu:

   CA Plex

   Installs the CA Plex base product.

   CA Plex Windows C++ Application Server

   Installs the CA Plex Windows C++ Application Server necessary to deploy a WinNTC application on a Windows server. This option excludes build tools required for development. To install the build tools, run a custom installation of the base product.

   Websydian Web Libraries

   Installs third-party libraries to enable your CA Plex applications for the Web.

   Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

   Installs Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0. You must reboot at the end of the install. Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 installation is mandatory for all .NET based development.

   Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4

   Installs the web installer for Microsoft .NET Framework SDK version 4.0

   Java JDK 7.0

   Links to the Sun website to download the Java Development Kit (JDK) 7.0, which is a mandatory component for Java development within CA Plex. Java JDK is not required for C#, Windows C++, or System i RPG development.

   If you clicked CA Plex, the InstallShield Wizard window appears.

4. Click Next.

   The License Agreement window appears.

5. Read the License Agreement. Select I accept the terms of this license agreement option if you accept the terms of the agreement, and click Next.

   The Personal Information dialog appears.

6. Enter your name and your company name, and Click Next.

   The Choose Destination Location dialog appears

7. Specify which type of setup you want to install:

   Typical configuration

   Installs all the program files, including online help files, tutorial files, sample files, and pattern libraries. With a Typical installation, the OBASE class libraries and Windows C++ Server components are not installed by default; select Custom install to install them.

   Compact configuration

   Saves disk space by installing only the program files and the pattern libraries, but not the online help files, tutorial files, or sample files.

   Custom configuration

   Lets you specify which product components to install.

8. Specify a destination location, and Click Next. Either you can accept the default, C:\Program Files\CA\Plex\7.0, or C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Plex\7.0, or you can click Change to install to a different directory.

   In addition to the specified destination directory, CA Plex also installs a copy of Sun’s JRE in the Program Files\CA\SharedComponents\Jre directory.

   Note: The installation program prevents you from installing this release into the same directory as the previous release of CA Plex. Instead, install this release into a different directory or uninstall the previous version.

9. If you selected Custom, select the components to install. The default settings for the Custom installation are the same as for the Typical installation, but you can also select Class Libraries, Application Integrator, and CA Plex Windows C++ Application Server SDK.
10. Select which language you want to use as the default for generated Windows clients. You can change this setting later.

    Note: For more information, see the online help topic Specifying the National Language Library.

11. Click Back to return to any dialog in which you want to change the settings, or click Next to begin the installation.
12. Review your settings before copying files, and click Finish when the installation is complete.

    CA Plex is installed on your computer.

13. If prompted, select whether to restart your computer now or later and click OK.

If you experience an installation error when running CA Plex setup, enter the following command from Windows command prompt:

F:\PlexSetup\setup.exe /v"/L*v C:\PlexInstall.log"

To run this command on Windows Vista, start the Windows Command Prompt as an Administrator. This command creates a PlexInstall.log file in the root of the C: drive containing information that helps diagnose the problem.

In the previous example, the F: Drive is the CD/DVD drive containing the CA Plex installation CD.

For the CA Plex Windows C++ Application Server, the command line is as follows:

F:\Plex Application Server\setup.exe /v"/L*v C:\PlexInstall.log"