Installing IBM Forms

You can integrate IBM Forms to add form templates and form data documents to your IBM Business Automation Workflow solution. If you plan to use this integration, you must first install IBM Forms in your IBM Business Automation Workflow environment.

Before you begin

You must be root user to install IBM Forms in an AIX® environment.

About this task

The IBM Forms server or server cluster is called by the IBM Business Automation Workflow server or server cluster to provide electronic forms rendering capabilities and capture user data into the form for storage in the IBM FileNet® P8.

If there is a WebForm Translator server installed on a remote server, there is no need to install it locally. Otherwise, user needs to select WebForm Translator component besides installing the ICM Integrator.

Procedure

To install IBM Forms:

  1. Find the IBM Forms compressed file for your operating system. Extract all of the files and folders to a temporary directory on your system.
  2. Double-click the appropriate executable file to start the IBM Forms server installation program.
  3. Select the installation language and click OK.
  4. Click Next. Then, accept the license agreement.
  5. After IBM Autonomic Deployment Engine is installed and configured, enter a location for the server. Then, click Next.
  6. Select ICM Integrator from the list of available components and click Next.
    If there is not a WebForm Translator server installed on a remote server, you must select to install the WebForm Translator component too. The details for how to install the WebForm Translator server can be found in the Webform Server 8 documentation.
  7. On the Decisions panel, select ICM Integrator 5.3 for use with IBM Business Automation Workflow and click Next.
  8. Provide the path to the installation location for IBM Business Automation Workflow and click Next.
  9. Click Install to complete the installation.

What to do next

Run BPMConfig command and specify the options for using IBM Forms.