Prerequisites for installing Datacap

Before you begin any installation of Datacap, ensure that your system is configured with the required prerequisite software.

For more information, see System requirements.

Attention: Datacap Insight Edition requires a 32-bit Java runtime environment (JRE). The default location for the JRE is Datacap_Installation\dcshared\jre. If you install the JRE in another location, you must specify the installation path in the JAVA_HOME system environment variable.

Backing up and removing Datacap version 8.0.1 or earlier
You cannot install Datacap 9.0.1 on a machine on which any earlier versions of Datacap are installed.
Installation and configuration prerequisites
Before you begin installing Datacap software, ensure that you meet these prerequisites. These prerequisites ensure that you can install, configure, and run the Datacap components of an application either on a single machine, or on multiple machines in a client/server distributed network configuration.
FastDoc prerequisites
Before you install FastDoc on a stand-alone workstation, ensure the required software is installed on your system.
Microsoft Internet Information Services and Microsoft .NET Framework
If you are going to install one or more of the Datacap Web Client server components, Report Viewer, Fingerprint Service, or Datacap Web Services, Microsoft IIS must be installed before Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1. If IIS is installed after .NET,, you must run the Microsoft ASP.NET IIS Registration Tool (aspnet_regiis.exe) with the installation parameter -i to update the ASP.NET application script maps to point to the appropriate ASP.NET ISAPI version.
Turning on Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1
Before you install Datacap on your Windows workstations or servers, ensure that the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1 operating system feature is turned on or added on every workstation and server.
Updating ASP.NET
Follow these instructions when you know that Microsoft .NET was installed before Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on the web server, or if you are not sure that Microsoft Internet Information Services was installed first.
Verifying that IIS components are installed
Ensure that the IIS Web Server Role Services are installed for the Datacap Web Client server components, such as Datacap Web Client, Report Viewer, Fingerprint Service, and Datacap Web Services.
Setting up the scanner
When a computer is to be used as a scan station, follow the manufacturer’s instructions to attach the scanner to the computer. Install and configure the required scanner drivers and software. Be sure you can scan successfully with an image capture software product other tha Datacap. If you are unable to scan documents with software that is not Datacap, you cannot scan documents with Datacap.
Ensuring the correct Windows language is selected
When you process images with data in a language other than English on an English language version of Windows, ensure that the Windows Language for non-Unicode programs setting matches the language that you want to recognize.
Installing Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
Computers running Datacap software components require Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0. If Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is not already installed, it is installed automatically during the Datacap software installation process.

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