ArcGIS Engine Developer Guide

INSTALLING ARCGIS ENGINE RUNTIME ON WINDOWS
This section specifically discusses installation on Windows; the next discusses
installation on Solaris and Linux.
More information on Windows Installer can be
found in the Windows Installer Software
Development Kit. Download the kit at
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/
platformSDK/sdkupdate/.
ABOUT THE ARCGIS ENGINE RUNTIME INSTALLATION PROGRAM
The ArcGIS Engine Runtime installation program, or setup, was created using
Windows Installer (MSI) technology from Microsoft. This technology uses a
package file (.msi) and a client-side installer service (msiexec.exe). Windows
Installer is a service that runs on your operating system. This service enables the
operating system to manage the installation and uses the information contained
within the package file to install the software.
The msiexec.exe program is a component of Windows Installer. Msiexec.exe uses
a Dynamic Link Library, Msi.dll, to read the package files (.msi), apply transforms
(.mst), and incorporate command-line options.
An MSI-based setup consists of features. A feature is an individual portion of the
application’s total functionality that may be installed independently. The ArcGIS
Engine Runtime setup consists of the following installation features:
The available ARCGIS Engine Runtime setup
features are illustrated in the table on the right.
Feature Descriptive Feature Name Description
ArcEngine
JavaRuntime
DotNetRuntime
ArcGIS Engine
ArcGIS Engine—Java Runtime
ArcGIS Engine .NET Runtime
ArcGIS Engine
Java Archives
.NET Assemblies
All ArcGIS Engine-based applications depend on an installation of the
ArcEngine feature. Applications built using the Java and .NET APIs for ArcGIS
Engine require installations of the JavaRuntime and DotNetRuntime features,
respectively, in addition to the ArcEngine feature.
Solaris and Linux are also supported. For details
on the system requirements for these operating
systems, see the next section, ‘Installing ArcGIS
Engine Runtime on Solaris and Linux’.
You cannot redistribute individual ArcGIS Engine
Runtime files; the installation mechanisms
discussed in this appendix are the only means of
installing ArcGIS Engine Runtime files.
ArcGIS Engine Runtime is supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional,
and Windows 2003 Server.
For additional or updated information regarding ArcGIS Engine Runtime system
requirements, visit http://support.esri.com.
INSTALLING ARCGIS ENGINE RUNTIME
As mentioned above, ArcGIS Engine software-based applications require that
ArcGIS Engine Runtime be installed on the end user’s machine. Installation of
the runtime can be handled in either of two ways:
1. Your end user runs the ArcGIS Engine Runtime setup directly from the CD.
2. You include the ArcGIS Engine Runtime setup within your own application’s
installation program.
The following sections document the general requirements for the installation of
the ArcGIS Engine Runtime, no matter which of the two types of installation
mechanism you choose, and the steps necessary to install the runtime successfully
using your chosen mechanism.
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