Writing Your Own Setup Program

You can write your own setup program for applications that run under reUZE Server. Setting up an application that runs under Enterprise Server requires that the application is deployed to Enterprise Server, but there are no other major considerations.

When you provide your own setup program for an application that uses reUZE Server without Enterprise Server, first you need to decide how your end users will install your application. For example, will they install your application together with reUZE Server or will they install a shared reUZE Server separate from your application?

The main ways of packaging an application and reUZE Server without Enterprise Server are:

A standalone application (a static-linked appliation) - This requires your executable file, the Microsoft Visual C++ run-time system msvcrt.dll and the reUZE Server licensing files. See Licensing Files to Ship.
You need to create an installation procedure that:
1. Installs the reUZE Server licensing files in the same directory as your application.
2. Sets up a license database if this is the first time an application using reUZE Server is being installed on this machine. Subsequent installations use the same license database, so that the database holds a pool of licenses for all the uses of reUZE Server on the machine.
3. Installs and starts the license manager service.
A shared reUZE Server - This reUZE Server is used by multiple COBOL applications on an end user's machine. It is installed in its own directory, separate from any applications. There is only one reUZE Server installed on the machine.
You use the supplied setup program to install a shared reUZE Server and set up the relevant registry entries. This setup also enables an organization to set up a shared license database on a network server.
An application-specific reUZE Server - This Server is installed with and used by a sole COBOL application. In this scenario, we recommend installing the full reUZE Server without Enterprise Server. However for backward compatibility, you can still select the reUZE Server files to install, some of which are mandatory, such as the licensing files. See Shipping Selected Files from reUZE Server.
You need to create an installation procedure that:
1. Installs the selected reUZE Server files in the same directory as your application.
2. Sets up a license database if this is the first time reUZE Server is being installed on this machine. Subsequent installations use the same license database, so that the database holds a pool of licenses for all the copies of reUZE Server installed on the machine.
3. Installs and starts the license manager service.
4. Enables an organization to set up a shared license database on a network server. This then holds all the licenses for all the end users' applications.