Your OpenEdge installation process depends on what products, components, and subcomponents you choose to install and the type of installation you plan to perform. The following table summarizes the installation options.

Table 1. Installation options
Installation option Purpose
Complete Automatically installs all mandatory, recommended, and optional components and subcomponents of the OpenEdge products you are installing.
Custom Installs all mandatory product components and subcomponents, but allows you to selectively install the recommended and optional components and subcomponents on a product-by-product basis.

This installation is recommended for more advanced users and provides the flexibility to distribute OpenEdge components on different machines, select product components to suit their business needs, and work around issues such as disk space limitations.

Note: When customizing an installation, Progress recommends that you consider removing only optional components and subcomponents. Removing recommended products might negatively affect a product's functionality.

Note that some OpenEdge products that you install have additional installation dependencies, prompting you to perform additional set up or installation tasks as part of the OpenEdge installation process. The OpenEdge installation program automatically determines certain product dependencies and guides you through the completion of these tasks.

If you are performing a Windows installation, OpenEdge development products require Microsoft .NET Framework installed on the machine on which you are installing OpenEdge. If it is not already installed, you will be prompted to accept the software's installation at the conclusion of installation.