Setting Up the Development Computer

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Before using the Access Workflow Designer development tools, you first must have access to a server with the appropriate components installed. For information, see Setting Up the Server.

Make sure you have installed the appropriate software prerequisites on the developer computer before installing the Access Workflow Designer tools. Developers must belong to the modAppOwners Windows NT group account. For details, see Developer Workstation Prerequisites in the Installation Prerequisites topic.

To develop team solutions, you also must make sure you have the appropriate permissions on the server you are going to use. Your server administrator should give you solution-owner permissions. For details, see Creating Accounts, Logins, Roles, and Users.

For additional installation and Setup information, see the modClient Readme file on the Microsoft Office Developer CD-ROM before installing any components.

To install developer tools components

  1. From the Microsoft Office 2000 Developer CD-ROM root directory, click Setup.exe to open the Setup wizard.

  2. On the Install Options page, select Install Access Workflow Designer and other Developer Applications.

  3. On the Component Options page, select Access Workflow Designer Tools, and click Install.

    Note   You return to the Component Options page when installation is complete for the selected component.

  4. When given the option, select Developer Tools (includes client run time).

After installation is complete, the computer contains the development and administrative tools and the infrastructure for creating and managing team solutions.

After Installation

The Developer Tools Setup program installs the following components:

Component Description
Access Workflow Designer The tool used to build team solutions based on the core services (workflow, offline replication, and security).
Team Solutions Manager A tool that makes it possible for the solution administrator to manage all the team solutions, templates, and users for the server.
New Team Solutions wizard A wizard used to create a solution based on a template. For example, this wizard can be used to create a new team solution based on the Issue Tracking template installed with the server Setup.
modDevGuide.chm and
modAdminGuide.chm		 The Access Workflow Designer Developer's Guide online documentation and the Administrator's Guide online documentation.