WebFOCUS Visual Discovery VZ Web Server (Thick Client)

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.

Installing WebFOCUS Visual Discovery VZ Web Server

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Development Requirements for VZ Web Server

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.

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Reference: Development Requirements for VZ Web Server

For the development environment you must have:

Windows 7 Enterprise, Professional or Ultimate editions, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2003 or 2008 Server editions.
Microsoft Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer components are required for Developer Studio. Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 9, 32-bit, are certified for Developer Studio.
Apache Tomcat 7.0.33. The thick client works with Apache Tomcat as both a web server and an application server. IIS can be used as a web server, with Apache Tomcat or another application server supported by WebFOCUS when running with the WebFOCUS Servlet.

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Procedure: How to Install WebFOCUS Visual Discovery VZ Web Server

Unzip the VzWeb.zip file.
If it does not already exist, create a \visdis subdirectory under the \ibi_html directory of your deployment WebFOCUS environment.
Copy the Vz.cab file and the VzLicense.lpk file to the \visdis subdirectory.

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Procedure: How to Confirm the Vz.cab File Version Number

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.

In a program such as Windows Explorer, right-click the VzLib.dll file. By default, it is located in one of the following directories:
drive:\path\ibi\DevStudio81\ibi_html\visdis

or

drive:\path\ibi\WebFOCUS81\ibi_html\visdis
From the drop-down list, select Properties.
Click the Version tab to display the current version number of the Vz.cab file.