Installing IBM Forms software

The IBM® Forms software is included with IBM Integration Designer, and can optionally be installed.

About this task

The IBM Forms software that is bundled with IBM Integration Designer includes:

IBM Forms Designer 4.0.0.1 - a feature that can be installed (on Windows only) as part of the IBM Integration Designer installation.
IBM Forms Viewer 4.0 - an optional additional product that can be installed (on Windows only) from the product launchpad.
IBM Forms Server 4.0 - an optional additional product, comprising IBM Forms Server API and IBM Forms Server - Webform Server, that can be installed from the product launchpad.

Procedure

From the launchpad, select to install either IBM Integration Designer for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced - Process Server or IBM Integration Designer for IBM Business Monitor.
On the first Install Packages page of the Installation Manager, select IBM Forms Designer.
Continue the installation process. On the Features panel you will see IBM Forms Designer selected. You cannot clear this choice at this stage. If you decide not to install IBM Forms Designer, navigate back to the first Installation Manager panel and clear the check box on that panel, now when you return to the features panel, IBM Forms will no longer be a choice.
Optional: On the Features page, expand IBM Business Process Manager Advanced - Process Server or Business Monitor Server and select one or more stand-alone development profiles. The profiles are created for you during installation to make the test environment immediately available.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. See "Installing with IBM Installation Manager" for more detailed instructions.
If you have downloaded the IBM Forms software as individual compressed files, then extract them according to the following information. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.
1. Create the following folders, and extract the compressed files into them, where image_directory contains the extracted installation image for IBM Integration Designer.
On Windows, you can install either IBM Forms Viewer or IBM Forms Server. On Linux, you can only install IBM Forms Server.
- IBM Forms Viewer:
  - \image_directory\forms_viewer\
- IBM Forms Server - API:
  - \image_directory\forms_server\
  - /image_directory/forms_server/
After you have installed IBM Integration Designer, on the product launchpad select Optional Products Installation in the left-hand navigation.
To install IBM Forms Viewer, select Install IBM Forms Viewer 4.0 and follow the on-screen instructions. IBM Forms Viewer provides a single interface for users to open, fill out, and save forms.
To install IBM Forms Server API and IBM Forms Server - Webform Server , select Install IBM Forms Server 4.0 and follow the on-screen instructions. For more information on installing IBM Forms Server, see the IBM Forms product documentation.

What to do next

If you are installing into an existing IBM IBM Integration Designer package, and you do not accept the default installation directory presented by the IBM Forms installation wizard, ensure that you select a valid installation directory where the IBM Integration Designer package is installed.

Note that the installation directory for a package is distinct from the directory where shared resources are installed. For example, shared resources are, by default, installed in:

C:\IBM\SDPShared\ for installations by an administrative user,
user_home\IBM\SDPShared\ for installations by a non-administrative user,
/opt/IBM/SDPShared/ for installations by an administrative user,
user_home/IBM/SDPShared/ for installations by a non-administrative user.

Important: Do not select this directory to install additional software products.

If you installed IBM Integration Designer and chose not to install IBM Forms Designer, you can install IBM Forms Designer at a later stage by following the instructions in the topic Installing fix packs and interim fixes interactively.