Share an OpenEdge installation on a network

Set up the shared network on the network server

To set up a shared network installation on your network server, complete the following tasks:

1. Uninstall any existing OpenEdge or Progress products that are installed on client machines to which you will be installing OpenEdge.
2. Review the Windows-specific OpenEdge installation topics described in Before You Install.
3. Determine the destination location of your OpenEdge installation on the network. You will be prompted to enter this information during the network installation, and when you use NetSetup to install the connecting clients.
4. On your network server:
   1. Run the OpenEdge installation.
   2. When the Choose Destination And Working Path Directories dialog box appears, make a note of the location you type in the Destination Directory field. You will need this directory path information when you install on each client machine.
   3. Complete the OpenEdge installation on the server.

Run NetSetup to set up a client connection

NetSetup updates each client machine with all system files, icons, and registry entries needed to launch OpenEdge locally. Each client can then share the networked copy of OpenEdge.

The client machine in a NetSetup installation uses the OpenEdge installer located on the network server. The installer software enables you to locally launch NetSetup.

To run NetSetup on your client machine, complete the following steps:

1. ChooseStart > Run. The Run dialog box appears.
2. In the Open field, type one of the following supported connection options to connect the client machine to the shared network server:
   1. To identify a mapped drive connection, enter:

      drive:\destination path\netsetup\setup.exe

      Note: The argument destination path represents the location where OpenEdge is installed on the server machine.
   2. To identify the UNC pathname connection, enter:

      \\servername\sharename\destination path\netsetup\setup.exe

      Note: The argument destination path represents the location where OpenEdge is installed on the server machine.
3. Choose OK. The Destination and Work Paths dialog box appears:

   
   

   

   
   

4. Accept or change the program group name that appears in the Group Name field. The Group Name value identifies the menu option label that appears on the client machine. When you select this name from All Programs, you can access the OpenEdge installation that resides on the network server.
   Note: If the group name does not already exist, the NetSetup utility adds the group name to All Programs.
5. Browse to, or enter, the absolute path of the file to identify as the client-based working directory in the Working Directory field. The Working Directory is a local folder in which OpenEdge places the files you create on the client.
6. Review the pathname information that appears in the Network Installation Directory field. This path name identifies where OpenEdge is installed on the network server.
   Note: The Network Installation Directory field always appears grayed out, confirming that the information that appears in this field cannot be changed. The path name that appears in this field identifies two pieces of information: where OpenEdge is installed on the network server, and the type of connection that you are using to share the network installation (that is, mapped drive or UNC pathname).
7. Choose Install. Select the Group Name you defined from All Programs to access the OpenEdge installation from the network serve.
   Note: If you change the original installation location on the network, and the installation includes additional shortcuts supported by the NetSetup Utility, you must uninstall and reinstall the NetSetup Utility on the client to ensure that the shortcuts are available on the client machine.