Before You Begin

This section explains some basic requirements and concepts you should review before proceeding with OpenOffice Add-On for Web Space Server 10.0 software installation.

• System Requirements

• Installation Directories

• Platform-Specific Path Separators

System Requirements

The OpenOffice Add-On for Web Space Server 10.0 requires the following:

• Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 software

  The Web Space Server software should be installed as described in the Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 Getting Started Guide. Note that the requirements listed in Software and Hardware Requirements in Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 Getting Started Guide also apply to the OpenOffice Add-On.

  While any of the Web Space Server 10.0 packages will work with the OpenOffice Add-On, the recommended Web Space Server package for production environments is webspace-10-fcs-for-gfv2.zip, which is the standalone Web Space Server package that includes neither GlassFish nor the Web Space Server sample site and user sets. See the Sun GlassFish Web Space Server page or Getting Sun GlassFish Web Space Server Software in Sun GlassFish Web Space Server 10.0 Getting Started Guide for information about the different Web Space Server 10.0 downloads.

• OpenOffice

  The OpenOffice Add-On works with OpenOffice 2.x software.

Installation Directories

The directories in which Web Space Server and Sun GlassFish Enterprise Software may vary, so throughout these installation instructions, the root Web Space Server server installation directory is referred to as webspace_dir, and the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server root directory is referred to as glassfish_dir.

Platform-Specific Path Separators

The instructions and examples in this document use UNIX-style forward slash (/) path separators in file and command names. If Web Space Server and Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server are installed on a Windows system, be sure to use backslashes (\) instead of forward slashes; for example:

• UNIX systems or Linux systems — glassfish_dir/bin/asadmin

• Windows systems — glassfish_dir\bin\asadmin