Server Tools FOP Edition Installation

The Server Tools are installed from a CD (or DVD). Installation of the Server Tools is handled through an MSI file and can be found on the product CD (release media) in the ExpereServerToolsInstaller folder in the FOP folder. You can install the program from the CD directly or copy the installation files to a folder on your computer.

The Server Tools include the Expere Administration Tool, Doc Preview Builder for Apache FOP tool, and the Customer Facing Outline tool. The Expere Administration Tool provides repository management features for Expere content. The Doc Preview Builder tool is used to create document previews as PDF files in a batch process outside of the Requirements Editor based on the Apache FOP rendering engine. The Customer Facing Outline tool is a command line tool used to generate document outlines, also in batch, outside of the Requirements Editor.

The Server Tools installs independently of the Requirements Editor and there is no requirement to have the Requirements Editor installed on the same computer as the Server Tools.

There are two options available when installing the application; default and advanced.

Default: Installs the application and tools to the default install location and for all users on the machine.
Advanced: Installs the application and tools with options to customize the installation by selecting an install folder and to install for a single user on the machine.

The following files are distributed as part of the installation package.

MSI: ExpereServerToolsInstaller.msi
CAB: A collection of three *.cab files that are opened by the installer during installation. These files must exist on the same folder as the MSI file.