Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Getting Started:
Installation and Configuration

Performing postinstallation tasks

Before you run OpenEdge, there are some postinstallation tasks you might need to complete, depending on your application needs and goals:

Set environment variables — For more information on setting environment variables (including SQL), see Chapter 7, " Working in the OpenEdge Environment in Windows."
Create customized executables — To create customized product executables, see the information on building OpenEdge 4GL executables in OpenEdge Deployment: Managing 4GL Applications . Creating executables might be required for certain product configurations.
Re-apply properties file details, if needed — See the "OpenEdge automatic save of Properties files" section for details.
Validate and populate group names created for the AdminServer security
option — The tasks used to verify that your groups were created, and to identify the specific members of these groups, are completed outside of the OpenEdge installation. The installation process only allows you to create the groups that you specify.
Note: For detailed information about how to verify that groups have been created, and how to access and set up group members for each group in a Windows platform, refer to your operating system-specific documentation. The criteria you use to set up users within each group is determined by your company.

Also, depending on your installation requirements, you might need to perform this task:

Edit files to point to a previously installed JDK — If the required version of the Java Soft (InstallShield) JDK was installed on your system prior to the OpenEdge Version 10.1A installation and you choose to use this pre-existing JDK utility, you now, as a postinstallation task, must edit files tailored by the install to ensure that they point to this pre-existing JDK. Contact Progress Technical Support for assistance to perform this task.

To verify that your groups exist and to create users for each group after you have successfully installed OpenEdge:

From the Control Panel, choose Administrative Tools and select Computer Management.
Choose System Tools to display a list.
Select Local Users and Groups, and choose Groups.

Verify that the groups you created during the installation process are among those listed.

To populate a given group, double-click the group name and complete the Group Properties dialog box.