Installation and Upgrade Guide

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Installation

This chapter describes how to install and deploy the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) 10.3.

To install the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK), complete the following steps:

  1. Make sure that you have met the prerequisites for installation. For details, see the list of supported configurations in Installation Prerequisites.
  2. Install the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) components using the instructions that follow. For notes on upgrading, see Upgrading From a Previous Version of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK).
Note: To support APIs that use binary upload or download (for example, remote.prc.collaboration.document.idocumentmanager.insertnewdocument), you must install WSE 2.0sp3 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1ba1f631-c3e7-420a-bc1e-ef18bab66122&displaylang=en).

Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) includes a remote logging API for use with Oracle WebCenter Interaction Logging Utilities. To support this feature, you must download and install the Logging Utilities package. For details on enabling Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) logging, see the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Web Service Development Guide on the Oracle Technology Network (http://www.oracle.com/technology/index.html).

 


Installing the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK)

To install the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK), extract the installation package file (zip/tgz) into the root Oracle WebCenter Interaction folder.

The zip will be extracted to an \idk folder with the following subfolders:

Note: (.NET only) If you are using the signed dll version of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK), the file Plumtree.openlog-framework_signed.dll must be placed in the bin directory, and the following dlls should be deployed in the GAC: Plumtree.EDK_signed.dll, OpenFoundation_signed.dll, Plumtree.openkernel_signed.dll, Plumtree.pmb_signed.dll and Plumtree.RAT_signed.dll.

Upgrading From a Previous Version of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK)

Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) versions 5.2 and above include different dependencies than previous releases. Copying the new idk.jar/.dll will not result in a full installation. Make sure to copy all the files located in the /bin folder and overwrite your existing assemblies to add new dependencies and updated versions of old dependencies. If you are using the signed dll version of the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) 10.3, you must manually update the signed dlls in the GAC.

Note: Versions 6.0 and above include the following naming changes. Make sure to update all references before recompiling your code.

Version 6.0 and above
Version 5.4 and earler
idk.jar / idk.dll
edk.jar / edk.dll
/idk (root directory)
/ptedk

 


Creating Custom Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) Projects

For details on configuring your IDE for Oracle WebCenter Interaction Development Kit (IDK) development, see the Oracle WebCenter Interaction Web Service Development Guide on the Oracle Technology Network (http://www.oracle.com/technology/index.html).


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