Installing Client Environment Software

The following optional software is available for testing, viewing, and operating your Agile Business Suite system at Runtime.

You can use these products to web-enable and provide remote access to a Runtime system. When you are installing the Client Tools Environment, it appears as the following software modules.

ModuleDescription

Windows Forms

The Winform standalone installation comes in two versions

Winform (32-bit) – A 32-bit application that is used to display painted forms on the screen for user interaction and can be used with Debugger.

Winform (64-bit) – A 64-bit application that is used to display painted forms on the screen for user interaction.

Component Enabler

An environment for opening Agile Business Suite applications to current Web technology and enterprise systems running Windows operating systems.

Component Enabler provides standard component interfaces to remote applications, opening them up to modern client tools and applications.

Presentation Client

Presentation Client displays GUI objects created in Developer Painter true to the way in which they were designed and to offer the functionality needed to provide an interface to remote host systems.

Business Integrator

Business Integrator provides a set of tools to assist you in developing and extending your Agile Business Suite systems to provide electronic business capability.

Client Framework

The Client Framework standalone installation comes in two versions

Client Framework (32-bit) – A 32-bit version that supports client applications running on a 32-bit operating system.

Client Framework (64-bit) – A 64-bit version that supports client applications running on a 64-bit operating system.

The contents and capabilities of both versions are the same. The only difference is that each version installs the appropriate assemblies required to communicate with the runtime system from either a 32-bit or 64-bit client application.

Both packages (32-bit and 64-bit) install the following components:

  • Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) Client – This allows you to install the WPF Client on end-user machines that do not have AB Suite Developer. The WPF Client allows you to run Client Framework applications developed by using the WPF/XAML technology inside a WPF Container supplied and supported by Unisys. The WPF Client installation also includes the assemblies required to connect to an AB Suite runtime system.

  • Client Framework MVC Scaffolder Extension – This allows you to scaffold MVC Views from a set of DataModels generated by the AB Suite application.

  • Client Framework NuGet Packages

    • Direct Connect Assemblies – Use this to install and reference the Access Layer API assemblies for connecting directly to the runtime system by using COM/DCOM.

    • Remote Connect Assemblies – Use this to install and reference the Access Layer API assemblies for connecting to the runtime system by using the WCF Gateway.

    • WPF Toolkit for Client Framework – Use this to install the Toolkit assemblies for developing WPF Client applications.

Notes:

  • The MVC Scaffolder and the NuGet Packages require Visual Studio 2017.

  • This software must not be installed on a machine with AB Suite Developer already installed, as the AB Suite Developer installation will have the same components already installed. The Client Framework Standalone installation is intended for use on machines that do not have the AB Suite Developer available.

You can install the Client Environment Software from the Unisys Installation Interface.