Installing PowerDesigner in Standalone Mode

Standalone mode is the standard method for installing PowerDesigner on one or more individual workstations. For mass installations and network installation, see Installing PowerDesigner in Silent Mode and Installing PowerDesigner in Administrative Mode.

Non-Administrators
Non-Administrator users may receive a warning message during installation. Setup requires write access on certain directories and on the registry that a non-Administrator user may not have. Setup can go on despite this message.

To install PowerDesigner in standalone mode:

Insert the PowerDesigner CD-ROM in your drive.

If setup does not automatically start, then double-click the SETUP.EXE file in the setup directory of the CD-ROM.

Click the Install PowerDesigner 12.5 button to open the welcome page, and then click Next to go to the license selection page:

Select one of the following license types, and then click Next to go to the license agreement page.

Trial version – is a full-featured version, valid for an evaluation period of 15 days, that allows you to perform any design task. Contact Sybase if you require a limited extension.
Local standalone license – is installed on and locked to a particular machine. Click next to go to the license key page, where you must load a valid license file (see Obtaining a license key file).
Served standalone license – is provided by one or more SySAM license servers, and is locked to a particular machine. Click Next to go to the license server page, where you must enter the name of your license server.
Served floating license – is provided by one or more SySAM license servers, which manage the allocation and recuperation of licenses among a pool of users. Click Next to go to the license server page, where you must enter the name of your license server.

For more information about PowerDesigner licensing, see the "Managing PowerDesigner Licenses" chapter in the General Features Guide .

[for served licenses] Click Next to go to the package selection page, where you can select which package to install. The list displays all the packages that are available on the server but it does not necessarily reflect the availability of a license for a particular package:

Click Next to go to the License Agreement page. Select the location where you are installing the software, read the License Agreement, and then click the I Agree radio button to accept the terms of the agreement. If you click I Do Not Agree, you cannot proceed with the Setup program and you have to cancel install.

Printing the License Agreement
You can print the License Agreement from the Setup\Licenses directory on the product CD.

Click Next to go to the directory selection page, where setup suggests a directory in which to install PowerDesigner files. You can specify an alternate directory by clicking the Browse button.

For major versions, this directory is different from the directories for previous major versions of PowerDesigner. We recommend that you do not install a new major version of PowerDesigner in a directory that holds a previous version.

Click Next to go to the component selection page, which lists the products and features that are available to install. Each node can be expanded in order to let you select or deselect sub-features:

Select or clear check boxes to add or remove products or features and click Next.

If you have Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Team Foundation installed on your computer, you can select the Visual Studio 2005 plug-in and its feature Team Foundation for installation.

Modify install
When modifying an install, if you deselect a check box, the feature will be removed (see Uninstalling PowerDesigner and Installation Maintenance).

If you selected the Eclipse 3 plug-in in the list of components, the Eclipse directory selection page is displayed. Click the Browse button to specify a directory containing a valid Eclipse 3.1 or higher installation.

Upgrading the Eclipse plugin
If you had manually installed the Eclipse plug-in in PowerDesigner version 10 or 11 and want to upgrade to version 12.x you have to remove the plug-in manually. To do so, open the Eclipse directory, and remove any PowerDesigner-related folder under the \configuration, \features, and \workspace\.metadata\.plugins folders.

Click Next to go to the Program Folders page. You can select the default folder, or select or create another:

Click Next to go to the Current Settings page, which lists all your selections. Select the Keep PowerDesigner Settings check box to retain any settings from a previous version of PowerDesigner.

Click Next to begin the install. Setup begins copying files to the destination directory.

Wait for the setup complete page to appear and click Finish.

Depending on your working environment, Setup may ask you to reboot your machine.

Readme.html
The Readme.html file contains important release information. You can open it using a text editor from the /PowerDesigner directory by default.