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WebClient Application Installation
When you design your application, you must decide on the installer technology you want to use. You can deliver your application using CD-ROM, over the Internet, or a company intranet. Progress offers great flexibility for installing your application. You can use:
- The Progress WebClient IntelliStream technology to install front-end components for your application and perform optional System Tasks to satisfy basic installation requirements. This can also include a Progress 4GL install procedure to complete installation tasks that IntelliStream could not complete.
- An external installer, such as InstallShield® Professional, which includes the One-Click Install™ technology for installing the entire front end of your application over the Web, or technology to create a CD-ROM for your application installation.
NOTE: The technology you use to install the WebClient should not influence which technology to choose for installing your WebClient application.For more information about using Progress WebClient IntelliStream, see the "IntelliStream" section. For more information about using an external installer, see the "External Installer" section.
Progress Software recommends that you provide a Web installation: IntelliStream or a Web-enabled external installer, as the typical approach. For users without access to high-speed Internet connections, you might want to provide a CD-ROM installation. You should provide all updates over the Web.
When designing your WebClient application delivery method, consider the following recommendations by Progress Software:
- Use Progress IntelliStream technology to install your application over the Internet or an intranet when you want to take advantage of one or more of the benefits provided by the IntelliStream technology that can:
- Install only the required front-end components of your application initially and then install other components only when a user needs the functionality
- Optionally install your application from an AppServer with integrated security
- Automatically start the application after the install
- Save you from buying and learning another installer technology
- Use an external install product, such as InstallShield® One-Click Install™ technology, to install the application from a Web page when IntelliStream does not support functionality you need to install the application.
- Use an external install product, such as InstallShield, when you want your end users to install the entire application using a CD-ROM.
- If you need to provide both a CD-ROM and Web installation for different customers, you can:
- Use an external install product, such as InstallShield, for CD-ROM installs and IntelliStream for installs over the Internet or an intranet. Using this design gives your end users who have fast Internet access the advantage of using the IntelliStream features.
- Use an external install product, such as InstallShield, for CD-ROM installs and the One-Click technology for installs over the Internet or an intranet.
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