Building the AFP Web Viewer installation file

After you finish creating directories and storing files in the CUSTOM directory tree, you must create an installation file that contains your user-defined files and the AFP Web Viewer files supplied by IBM. The installation file is typically named Setup.exe.

About this task

Several companies make software for packaging files and applications into a single, self-extracting AFP Web Viewer executable file for distribution. For example, the InstallShield Software Corporation offers a product named PackageForTheWeb.

Important: Software provided by other companies is not supported by IBM.

After you obtain the packaging software, run it and follow the instructions provided to create an AFP Web Viewer installation file that contains your user-defined files and the AFP Web Viewer files supplied by IBM.