Installing the System

Follow these steps to install the Oracle Documaker on a personal computer running Windows. The following fonts are also included in the media pack you download from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, see Downloading the Software section for more information.
  • PCL and PostScript fonts
  • AFP fonts
  • Xerox fonts
The media pack and sample resources are now available on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) as respective downloads. The DMS1 sample resource library includes sample data.

Note:

Re-installation does not overwrite your INI files.
  • If you install the system into an existing or a new directory, the current library setup is retained. You simply need to point to the existing library setup after installing the system into a new directory. You must set up all of your libraries only if you have delete them.
  • If you install the system into an existing directory which contains a prior version, software components in the prior version that are no longer offered in newer installers will remain in place. To avoid confusion and to take full advantage of all the new system offers, it would be best to install the new release to a different location. However, if you need to install to the same location as the prior version, first save off any needed data, uninstall the older release, then install the newer release to that location.
  • If you need to uninstall Oracle Documaker or one of its registered add-ins, such as Oracle Documaker Add-In for Microsoft Word, use Control Panel’s Add or Remove Programs option. Uninstall Oracle Documaker Add-in for Microsoft Word prior to uninstalling Oracle Documaker.

Before you begin

Keep in mind...
  • Be sure to log onto your computer as Administrator and make sure you have full directory access permissions to the \all users folder, as well as to the registry.
  • Admin rights and permissions are required to run the installer and uninstaller because of need for ability to modify registry and system.
  • When using NTFS drive formats, the logon name must be assigned all privileges and permissions to the Windows operating system folder and all sub-folders within, as well as to make changes to the Windows registry.
  • The installation wizard verifies that you have the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package 2015-2022 x64 before beginning the installation.

    This program installs run-time components of the Visual C++ libraries, which are required to run Documaker Studio. If you try to run Studio without the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Package, you will get the following message:
    Error Message

    If these run-time components are not installed on your computer, download and install the latest Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Redistributable Package (x64) from Microsoft’s Download Center: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist