Corticon Studio is a standalone Windows application installed by the Corticon Studio installer.

What Corticon Studio installers provide

The installer wizard package includes:

  • Corticon Studio rule modeling environment
  • Corticon Server runtime for use in testing rules you create in Corticon Studio
  • Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
  • Sample projects
  • API documentation for extending Corticon
Note: Corticon Studio is built on the Eclipse development platform. This enables you to customize Corticon Studio with the addition of third party plugins, adding additional capabilities to Corticon Studio. However, you cannot install Studio into an existing Eclipse. Corticon Studio ships with Java 17 which introduces changes in how JAR files are handled: Java no longer supports the direct addition of custom JARs to the classpath as earlier versions did. As a result, the ability to drop extension JARs into the Eclipse plugin folder is no longer functional. The recommended method for adding extension JARs is in an installed Corticon Studio either:
  • For Eclipse tools, choose Help > Install New Software, and then typically choosing tools at https://marketplace.eclipse.org/ .
  • For your extensions, such as extended operators and service callouts, in a Rule Project, choose Properties > Corticon Extensions.

System requirements for Corticon Studio

Refer to the Progress Software web page

The target system for a Corticon Studio installation requires:

Corticon Studio licensing

Corticon Studio starts out with an embedded 90-day evaluation license that enables all features working including deployment packaging of Decision Services, but not deployment.

After you obtain an appropriate license for Studio, it is easily applied by starting Studio, and then choosing Window > Preferences, then Progress Corticon. Click the License File Browse button to navigate to your valid license. The Corticon Studio license default location is the Studio's work directory, typically: C:\Progress\Corticon_Studio_Work_x.x\license\Studio\.

Once you Apply and Close the Preferences dialog, the license is in effect immediately.