About installing a deployment package

You can create an InForm server and study before installing a deployment package. However, do not create the Base study in the InForm application before installing the deployment package. Deployment does not succeed if a Base study already exists.

Allowing the deployment package both to create the InForm server and study and to install the Base study is recommended.

To deploy a study to the InForm application:

1. Download a deployment package from the Central Designer database.
2. Save the package in a location from which it can be retrieved and run (for example, a folder on a shared network).
3. Install the deployment package on the computer where the target application is running. You must have the following administrative privileges on the InForm computer:
   • Permission to install and register COM objects.
   • Permission to write to the \bin and \Trials folders in the InForm directory structure.

   You can install a deployment package by:

   • Using the Deployment Wizard.
   • Using command-line options. Using this feature, you can execute a deployment package by running a script that contains command-line deployment options or a reference to a configuration file of deployment options.