Installing the UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library
The documentation for UNICOM Intelligence Reporter - Developer Kit is in the UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library (DDL).
The UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library is a collection of tools for developing your own applications and for modifying existing UNICOM Intelligence products. The documentation that comes with the DDL provides a host of valuable technical information about how the UNICOM Intelligence products work. It includes sections about UNICOM Intelligence Reporter - Developer Kit.
The UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin section includes the following topics:
▪Security
▪UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin load balancing
▪Wizards and the UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin Application Framework for building your own UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin applications
▪Distributed Property Management (DPM) and DPM Explorer
▪File management
▪Files that control how UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin works
▪Object models.
The UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin Server section includes the following topics:
▪The function of and interaction between UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin components
▪Procedures for starting and stopping interviews, time-outs, and activation
▪Database tables
▪Log files
▪Sample Management
▪The Project Cache
▪The Image Cache
▪Interview Engine load balancing
▪Object models.
You may find it useful when installing UNICOM Intelligence Reporter - Developer Kit because it contains sample data sets that users can use while learning UNICOM Intelligence Reporter - Developer Kit, as well as step-by-step instructions for installing these data sets.
UNICOM Intelligence Reporter - Developer Kit users may also like to have the UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library available to them as it provides technical information about UNICOM Intelligence Reporter - Developer Kit and the UNICOM Intelligence Data Model that is not in the UNICOM Intelligence Reporter - Developer Kit help.
Installing the UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library
If you have installed an earlier version of the DDL, it is recommended that you remove it before installing the new version.
1 Check the system requirements.
The minimum hardware and software requirements for the UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library are documented on
support.unicomsi.com.
2 From the installer window, choose Install UNICOM Intelligence Developer Documentation Library. Follow the onscreen instructions.
Samples and tools
The DDL includes a number of samples and tools. All of these require UNICOM Intelligence Data Model 7.5, and some have additional requirements:
▪Three C# wizards that can be used with Visual Studio .NET to simplify the creation of an UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin activity. The wizards require installation of UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin.
▪The source code and executable files for three .NET applications: DM Query, WinDMSRun, and DPM Explorer.NET. To run the WinDMSRun executable file, you need UNICOM Intelligence Professional 7.5, and to run DPM Explorer.NET, you need UNICOM Intelligence Interviewer - Server Admin. To compile the source code, you need these products and Visual Basic .NET.
▪Numerous sample Data Management Script (DMS) files. To run these files, you must install UNICOM Intelligence Professional 7.5.
▪Numerous sample mrScriptBasic files. To run these files, you must have UNICOM Intelligence Data Model 7.5. Some of these samples have additional requirements, such as Microsoft Office or UNICOM Intelligence Professional 7.5.
▪A number of sample mrScriptMetadata files. To use these files, you must have UNICOM Intelligence Data Model 7.5.
▪The Short Drinks sample comes in the form of a SQL Server backup of a relational MR (RDB) database. You need SQL Server Client Tools to restore and use this database.
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