You must provide a way for your end users to install WebClient on their machines. You have the following options to provide a WebClient installation:
Host an installation on a Web server
Point your users to the WebClient installation page
Provide your users with a CD-ROM with a WebClient installation program
OpenEdge provides the following WebClient installers:
A stand-alone InstallShield image that you can use to create an installation CD-ROM.
Note: You cannot customize the CD-ROM installation.
A One-Click Install image that you can use to host a Web-enabled installation.
Note: Progress Software Corporation strongly recommends customizing the One-Click Install image to automatically install the application after installing WebClient, and to start the application after it is installed.
Both installers install WebClient on the user's machine but provide a different experience for your end user:
With a CD-ROM installation, your end users use a setup program to install WebClient.
With a Web-enabled installation, your end users go either to a Web page you provide or to the Progress Software Corporation Web site that provides a link for installing WebClient.
Note: You can perform a silent install of WebClient for either an Administrator installation or a personal installation. The variables set in a response file are the same.
For more information about WebClient installers provided with OpenEdge and how to customize and prepare a WebClient installer for deployment, see Deploying an Application
Host an installation on a Web server
