Deployment

The deployment of an application has many facets. To the software purchaser, deployment answers the question, "How do I get this to run?" To the software development organization, deployment means packaging the software for distribution and assembling the installation steps that ship with it. To the customer support technician, deployment is an ongoing process, perhaps lasting until the succeeding revision is deployed.

But the CML/LitCrit application is not meant merely to be installed and run. It is primarily intended to be an instructive piece for developers, especially those who may want to write applications with similar architecture or technological use. This section therefore, now includes a topic for developers. These are the major topics of the Deployment section:

Preparing for Development Work

• Setting Up Your Development Environment. Not every recipient of the CML/LitCrit application will need to perform all these procedures. But if you intend not only to run but also to extend the application (perhaps with ideas from the Future Enhancements topic), make sure all these procedures are completed.

Preparing to Ship a Web Application

• Certain procedures are used to prepare a software package for distribution, for example, over the World Wide Web. Because you can download the CML/LitCrit application from the Web (see Install the CML sample files) a CAB file had to be created before the application was distributed. For more information, query for "Solution Building and Packaging Common Tasks" in the Microsoft Platform SDK on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN™) CD-ROM.

Installing the CML/LitCrit Application

• Creating and Configuring the LitCrit Public Folder. The LitCrit Outlook application resides on a Microsoft Exchange Server public folder. These procedures tell you how to prepare that folder and install the LitCrit forms into it.
• Adding the LitCrit Form to Outlook Web Access. Part of the LitCrit Outlook® application runs on the Web — specifically, within the context of Microsoft® Outlook Web Access. These procedures explain how to install the correct LitCrit form files into an existing installation of Microsoft Outlook Web Access.
• Creating a Microsoft Exchange Server Profile. In order to run the LitCrit Outlook application, you need to use a profile that uses the Microsoft Exchange Server computer on which LitCrit is installed. This procedure explains how to set up such a profile.
• Upgrading the FmLib Database. The FmLib database shipped with the Corporate Media Library(CML) application in early 1999. If you received it and installed it then, you should be aware of the procedures in this section.