User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS LIVE OFFICE XI 3.1 FOR WINDOWS INSTALLATION

[. . . ] It contains the following topics: · · · · · · · Installation pre-requisites on page 6 Installing Live Office on page 7 Running a silent installation on page 10 Configuring Live Office on page 15 Enabling Live Office client components on page 15 Running side-by-side Live Office installations on page 16 Uninstalling Live Office on page 17 Installation pre-requisites The following is a list of BusinessObjects and third-party software pre-requisites required for BusinessObjects Live Office XI 3. 1 client components to function properly: · BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 1 platform for Windows, including Web Services, accessable from the client machine. Further information on installing and configuring Web Services can be found in the BusinessObjects Web Services Administrator Guide at http://devli brary. businessobjects. com/BusinessObjectsXIR2SP2/en/devsuite. htm Note: · · You must have power user or administrator privileges to install BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 1. However, to install both the Microsoft . NET Framework and the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) you need to have administrator privileges. Live Office Web Services for Java application server must be installed for Live Office client components to function properly. 6 BusinessObjects Live Office XI 3. 1 Install Guide Installing Live Office Installing Live Office 1 · · · · Windows® XP, XP SP2, 2003, Vista, Vista SP1, or Windows Server 2008 Microsoft® Office XP, 2003, or 2007 Microsoft . NET Framework 2. 0 or higher Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) For more information about installing and deploying the BusinessObjects Enterprise on Windows, including hardware, software, and network requirements, and step by step installation instructions, see the BusinessObjects Enterprise XI 3. 1 Installation and Configuration Guide. [. . . ] Depending on your version of Microsoft Office, you may be subject to the following additional requirements: Microsoft Office Version Office 2003 Additional Installation Requirements Microsoft Word and Excel 2003 may have a problem loading add-ins that use Microsoft . NET Framework 2. 0. Microsoft has created a patch to correct this issue and it must be installed on the machine using Live Office. The Live Office installer will check for the patch prior to completing installation. If the patch is not located, you will be prompted to download the patch from Microsoft. For more information on this issue, and to download the patch, please see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article ID 907417. After installation of the patch, Live Office will be able to load the highest version of Microsoft . NET Framework installed. Microsoft Word and Excel 2002 are affected by the same known issue as Office 2003 products. Microsoft has not created a patch to correct this issue for Office XP products. Live Office will force use of Microsoft . NET Framework 2. 0. If you wish to use a higher version of Microsoft . NET Framework, you will need to specify the CLR version in registry key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Business Objects\Suite 12. 0\Live Office]. Modify the string key value Reloaded CLR Version Office XP to the correct Microsoft . NET Framework version. Once you have completed the installation successfully, you can log on to BusinessObjects Enterprise and start using your Live Office enabled Microsoft Office applications. The LiveOffice menu and toolbar options appear. You can now log on to BusinessObjects Enterprise and use Live Office . For more information about logging on, see "Chapter 2: Getting Started with Live Office " in the BusinessObjects Live Office XI 3. 1 User's Guide. BusinessObjects Live Office XI 3. 1 Install Guide 9 1 Installing Live Office Installing Live Office Running a silent installation For a silent installation, system administrators run a script from the command line to automatically install Live Office components on any machine in their system, without the installation program prompting them for information. The silent installation is not available from the Live Office Setup program and is intended only for experienced system administrators. A silent installation is particularly useful when system administrators need to perform multiple installations and do not want to interrupt people who are working on machines in their system. System administrators can also use the silent installation command in their own installation scripts. For example, if an organization uses scripts to install software on machines, system administrators can add the silent installation command to their scripts. A silent installation of Live Office consists of the command setup. exe followed by several parameters that provide information about the installation. The example below installs the English version of Live Office to the Business Objects directory with SAP authentication: Setup. exe /qn CLIENTLANGUAGE=EN INSTALLDIR="c:\business objects" CMSAUTHENTICATION="secSAPR3" WEBURL="http://machinename:8080/dswsbobje/services/session" NAMESERVER = "BusinessObjects Enterprise server name" The following table describes the most common parameters. You can find a copy of the license agreement in the Docs folder of your product CD. 14 BusinessObjects Live Office XI 3. 1 Install Guide Installing Live Office Configuring Live Office 1 · Parameters that are not listed in this table may be available, but they have not been tested. Untested parameters are not supported. Configuring Live Office For information about enabling reverse proxies and Single Sign On (SSO) for BusinessObjects Live Office, see the "Enabling reverse proxies for Java applications servers" topic in Chapter 8 of the BusinessObjects Enterprise Deployment and Configuration Guide. Enabling Live Office client components After the Live Office software components have been installed, you need to run the enable_addin. exe utility to enable the Live Office menu and toolbar options on client computers. To enable the latest Live Office client components 1. [. . . ] To access the online documentation library, visit http://help. sap. com/ and click Business Objects at the top of the page. Additional developer resources https://boc. sdn. sap. com/developer/library/ Online customer support The Business Objects Customer Support web site contains information about Customer Support programs and services. It also has links to a wide range of technical information including knowledgebase articles, downloads, and support forums. http://www. businessobjects. com/support/ Looking for the best deployment solution for your company? Business Objects consultants can accompany you from the initial analysis stage to the delivery of your deployment project. Expertise is available in relational and multidimensional databases, in connectivities, database design tools, customized embedding technology, and more. [. . . ]