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In a thick-client web deployment, the Visual Discovery components run on the workstation of the end user as binary ActiveX controls within an Internet Explorer page. The ActiveX controls are installed on a workstation the first time an end user accesses a webpage that uses them. The user then interacts with the results locally.
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This topic describes system requirements and installation steps for WebFOCUS Visual Discovery VZ Web Server. VZ Web is a thick-client web deployment package.
Important: The steps to install Visual Discovery may vary, depending on your security settings. If required, you can manually install the Vz.cab file referred to in the following procedure by unzipping the file and running setup.exe on the desired machine.
For the development environment you must have:
Use this procedure when you are migrating from a previous version of Visual Discovery (now uninstalled). If the version of the Vz.cab file is different from before, you must check each Vz.cab file reference in previously created Visual Discovery webpages and update each one to reflect the new Vz.cab file version number.
You can determine the version number of the Vz.cab file by checking the VzLib.dll file.
drive:\path\ibi\DevStudio81\ibi_html\visdis
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drive:\path\ibi\WebFOCUS81\ibi_html\visdis
The first time end users connect to a WebFOCUS Visual Discovery page, they are prompted to install required software. Installing the software is a one-time only step.
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