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• Oracle Workflow Builder is installed using Oracle Universal Installer and requires the installation of Oracle Net Client (version 8.1.6 or higher for Oracle8i, or version 9.0.1 or higher for Oracle9i) and Required Support Files (version 8.1.6 or higher for Oracle8i, or version 9.0.1 or higher for Oracle9i). You should install Oracle Workflow Builder on an IBM, Compaq or 100% compatible personal computer with the following:

• A 486 processor or better

• Clock speed of 66 Mhz or greater (90 Mhz or greater is recommended)

• Network card

• SVGA color monitor

• Modem configured with dial-in access for use by Oracle Worldwide Customer Support. At least one PC at your site should be configured with a modem.

• Remote access and control software to be used by Customer Support for dial-in access through a modem to your PC. The preferred software is Symantec's Norton pcANYWHERE, or Microcom's Carbon Copy. Without some form of remote access and control software, Oracle Worldwide Customer Support will not be able to dial in to your site to diagnose problems, nor will they be able to supply patches directly to your client PC.

Warning: Please follow the necessary security precautions against viruses and unauthorized access when installing any software that allows remote access.

• Dual speed, ISO 9660 format CD-ROM available as a logical drive

• Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0 or higher

• At least 60 Mb of available disk space to install Oracle Workflow Builder, Oracle Net, and Required Support Files.

• At least 32 Mb of memory, 64 Mb recommended

Attention: Oracle Net requires and only supports the use of Microsoft's TCP/IP drivers.

• The Oracle Workflow Server requires the following:

• Oracle8i Enterprise or Standard Edition database version 8.1.6 or higher, or Oracle9i Enterprise or Standard Edition database version 9.0.1 or higher, along with the Oracle Objects and JServer Options, installed on a supported server machine

• At least 40 Mb of available disk space for Oracle Workflow Server once it is installed in your Oracle Home

• At least 128 Mb of memory, 256 Mb recommended

• Oracle Net version 8.1.6 or higher for Oracle8i, or version 9.0.1 or higher for Oracle9i

• SQL*Plus version 8.1 or higher for Oracle8i, or version 9.0.1 or higher for Oracle9i

If you are installing Oracle Workflow Server on Microsoft Windows NT, the following additional hardware and software configurations are required:

• ISO 9660 format CD-ROM available as a logical drive

• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or higher

Attention: While the version of Oracle Workflow offered to Standard Edition customers is exactly the same as the version offered to Enterprise Edition customers, it is important to note that Oracle Workflow leverages Oracle Database and higher functionality. Consequently, using a Standard Edition database limits some of the features available for use by the Oracle Workflow Business Event System.

For example:

• You cannot create any additional queues in Oracle Database Standard Edition beyond the default queues provided by Oracle Workflow. If you require additional queues, you should choose Oracle Database Enterprise Edition.

• Oracle Advanced Queuing propagation in Oracle Database Standard Edition does not support propagating messages outside the local database. If you require messages to be propagated to other systems, you should choose Oracle Database Enterprise Edition.

• The e-mail notifications component contains a program that can send mail through UNIX Sendmail or a Windows NT MAPI-compliant mail application. Oracle Workflow can also send mail to other e-mail applications as long as you install the appropriate UNIX gateway product to communicate with your e-mail application of choice.

• To send and respond to e-mail notifications with HTML attachments, your e-mail application should support HTML attachments and you should have a Web browser application that supports JavaScript and Frames to view the attachment.

• The Web notifications and Workflow Monitor components require the Oracle HTTP Server (powered by Apache) and mod_plsql components of Oracle9i Application Server version 1.0.1 or higher to be installed on a server machine.

To view notifications you need a Web browser application that supports JavaScript and Frames. To view the Workflow Monitor you need a Web browser that supports Java Development Kit (JDK), Version 1.1.8 or higher and Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT), such as Netscape Communicator version 4.73 or a higher version of 4.7x, or Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0x or 5.5.

• To run external Java function activities and to use the Workflow XML Loader, you must have Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.1.8, or a higher 1.1.x version, installed.

• To extract the HTML help for the standalone version of Oracle Workflow, you need an unzip utility.