Before installing the Server Tools, ensure the target computer has the Visual Studio 2013 Shell (Isolated) redistributable package installed and meets the system requirements defined in the Prerequisites section of this guide.
This topic describes how to install the Server Tools using the advanced installation. The installed server tools include: Expere Administration Tool, Doc Preview Builder, and Customer Facing Outlines tool.
- Navigate to the RequirementsEditor folder on the CD or location of the installation files on the target machine.
- Install directly from the Expere Authoring CD (\\RequirementsEditor\ExpereServerToolsInstaller folder).
- Copy the installation files (ExpereServerToolsInstaller.msi and *.cab files to a folder on the target machine.
- Select and open ExpereServerToolsInstaller.msi.
- The installation program first checks your system to ensure disk space and dependencies with any other Wolters Kluwer Financial Services applications installed on your computer. It will return standard Windows Installer errors, if any are encountered. Once complete, the Setup Wizard dialog opens.
- In the Expere Server Tools FOP Edition Setup Wizard, check the I have a valid licensing agreement as stipulated above box and click Advanced.
- Select the type of installation to perform and click Next.
- Select Install just for you to install the program in a manner specific to the user account on the target computer in the [LocalAppDataFolder] folder (for example, C:\Users\UserFolder\AppData\Local).
- Select Install for all users of this machine to install the program on the target computer, available to all users, in the default program files folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolters Kluwer\Expere Server Tools).
- In the Destination Folder dialog box, click Change to select a folder to install the program to or accept the default program folder and click Next.
This option is not available if using the Install just for you option. The default program file location is C:\Program Files (x86)\WoltersKluwer\Expere Server Tools\.
- In the Ready to install Expere Server Tools dialog box, click Install.
The installation wizard begins the installation process. This make take several minutes.
- In the Completed the Expere Server Tools Setup Wizard dialog box, click Finish.
The Expere Server Tools are installed on your computer. The Expere Administration Tool and Build Doc Previews tools are available in the programs menu, under the Wolters Kluwer/Requirements Authoring folder as Requirements Admin and Build Doc Previews respectively. The tools are installed to the Program Files folder at C:\Program Files (x86)\Wolters Kluwer\Expere Server Tools.
