1. Application Deployment
Deploying Visual DataFlex 6 applications
Deploying DataFlex WebApp Server applications

2. Application Deployment
Documentation
VDF6 online help contains all documentation for deployment:
Online Help - Developer’s Guide - Deploying DataFlex Applications
Files & Registry entries needed for
Redistributable components
Your Application

3. Application Deployment
Solutions
\vdf6\usr\deploy contains 2 WISE Installation sample scripts
WISE Solutions has created a special WISE 7 demo program for Data Access

4. Application Deployment
Crystal Reports 7 reports
The basic files required for any VDF6 Crystal Reports report are listed in:
VDF6 online help
WISE sample deployment scripts
To see which additional files your report requires, use the Crystal Reports Report Distribution Expert
Install Crystal Reports DLLs into \vdf6\bin, NOT the Windows System directory

5. Application Deployment
WebApp Server Deployment Prerequisites Installation
Install Windows NT 4 Server SP 3+
Install NT Option Pack
Download/CD from Microsoft - contains:
Internet Information Server (IIS) 4
Test Active Server pages
Do not go further if this fails!

6. Application Deployment
WebApp Server Deployment Prerequisites Installation (continued)
Install Visual DataFlex Runtime files & redistributable components
Install FlexOLE 1.5 (VDF 5 only)

7. Application Deployment
DataFlex WebApp Server Application Deployment Steps
Install Visual DataFlex
Install FlexOLE (VDF5 only)
Install WebApp Server
Install Application
Test running the .vd6 program from Windows Explorer
Do not go further if this fails!
If this fails, the error is either a) a FlexOLE problem
or b) a VDF coding problem

8. Application Deployment
DataFlex WebApp Server Application Deployment Steps (continued)
Make AppHtml directory web sharable
Allow read access
Allow script execution
Add WebApp Server application to WebApp Server administrator

9. Application Deployment
WebApp Server Differences
Deploy the AppHtml directory, which does contain source code, in the form of HTML and ASP files
After installation, some things need to be done manually:
Share the AppHtml directory as a virtual directory on the NT Server
Add the application to the WebApp Server administrator