Install the study and update the rules

Install the study

  1. If you are deploying to an Oracle InForm release prior to 6.1, you must use the PKGInst.exe file from the Oracle Central Designer software distribution to process the deployment package and install the study to the Oracle InForm application.
    1. Copy the PKGInst.exe file in the InstallSupport folder on the software distribution.
    2. Paste the file to the Oracle InForm server, and run the deployment from that location.
  2. Save a deployment package to the file system.
  3. Save the package in a location from which it can be retrieved (for example, a folder on a shared network).
  4. Install the deployment package on the computer where Oracle InForm is running. You must have the following administrative privileges on the Oracle InForm computer:
    • Permission to install and register COM objects.
    • Permission to write to the \bin and \Trials folders in the Oracle InForm directory structure.
  5. Install the deployment package:
    • Using the Deployment Wizard.

      or

    • Using command-line options.

Update the study rules

If you migrated to Oracle Central Designer release 2.1.2 or later and this is the first time you are deploying to Oracle InForm release 6.1.1 or later, you must do one of the following to update the workflow rules for the study.

  • Run the pfadmin updateworkflow command. For more information, see the Oracle InForm Installation Guide or the Oracle InForm Study and Reporting Setup Guide.
  • n the Oracle InForm application, run rules in batch mode. For more information, see the Oracle InForm User Guide for Administrators.