App Studio Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Verify that your Windows machine meets the App Studio hardware requirements:

2 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
Screen resolution of 1024x768 is recommended.
2 GB of RAM (minimum) is required, 4 GB of RAM is recommended.
3.5 GB of free disk space for downloaded installation.

Software Requirements

Your Windows machine must meet the following App Studio software requirements:

Windows 8, Windows 7 Enterprise, Professional or Ultimate editions, Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, or 2012 R2 Server editions.
Installing on 64-bit Versions of Windows. App Studio is a 32-bit application. It includes a 32-bit Reporting Server that requires 32-bit Java. The App Studio installation offers an option to install the 32-bit Java SDK. If a 64-bit Java and 64-bit Tomcat configuration are detected on your machine, App Studio will use this configuration to process requests. However, a 32-bit Java SDK is still required for post-installation processing.
Note: App Studio supports installations on Windows 7, 64-bit versions running on Intel processors.
Microsoft Internet Explorer®. Internet Explorer components are required for App Studio. Internet Explorer 11 32-bit, Internet Explorer 10 32-bit, and Internet Explorer 9 32-bit are certified for App Studio.
Adobe® Reader®. Adobe Reader XI (11) and Adobe Reader X (10) are certified with App Studio.
Adobe Flash® Player. WebFOCUS Active Technologies use Adobe Flash technology. If you are creating WebFOCUS Active Technologies reports for Adobe Flash Player (output format FLEX), Adobe Flash Player 10 or higher is required. Active Technologies reports are also known as active reports.
There is a known issue with Adobe Flash Player in 64-bit browsers. To run active reports for Adobe Flash Player, use a 32-bit version of Internet Explorer. The 32-bit version of Internet Explorer is the default browser on Windows 64-bit systems.

For more information on Adobe Flash Player and to verify the state of support on 64-bit browsers, check the Adobe website:

http://www.adobe.com

To use the WebFOCUS servlet, the required third-party components are included with App Studio. App Studio can install and configure Apache™ Tomcat for use as both a web server and application server.

Provided Third-Party Components

The following third-party components are provided for use with App Studio. If they are not present on your machine, you have the option to install them with App Studio:

Java 2 SDK 1.6.0_25. A Java SDK is required for WebFOCUS features, such as servlet connectivity, graph generation, and OLAP. If a Java SDK 1.5 or higher is not installed on your machine, you must allow App Studio to install the SDK.
Apache Tomcat 7.0.33. A web and/or application server is required for stand-alone Project-based development, local report processing, and the Help system. Apache Tomcat is provided and can be automatically configured for use as either both a web and application server or as only an application server.
Apache Tomcat is required for the App Studio Help system even if you are using another web and/or application server supported with WebFOCUS.

Without a web and/or application server, you can create and process reports by connecting App Studio to an instance of WebFOCUS installed somewhere else. However, files cannot be processed or stored locally without a web or application server on the App Studio machine.

Note: The version of Tomcat that is included with App Studio is installed for the Help system, and for local and stand-alone development. The Tomcat App Studio version can be installed and configured along with another instance of Tomcat that you may have already installed. You have the option to install the Tomcat packaged with App Studio under the default directory,…\ibi\tomcat\, or in another location of your choice. If we detect an existing version, you can select to use that installation and allow the installation to configure the required context roots. Tomcat will be configured using default ports. If you already have an instance of Tomcat installed, for example, a 6.0 version, and you also install a version 7.0 of Tomcat through App Studio, you need to ensure that the two versions do not use the same ports. See Configuring Additional Web and/or Application Servers for additional information on how to configure Tomcat ports.