Chapter 2 Installing PowerDesigner

Installing a Standalone - Local License of PowerDesigner

Prerequisites

You must have a license file to authorize PowerDesigner on your machine. License files can be downloaded on the Sybase Product Download Center site (SPDC) at https://sybase.subscribenet.com/.

• When you purchase PowerDesigner from Sybase, you receive an E-mail with an URL, your login, and your password for the SPDC.
• When you purchase PowerDesigner from a Sybase reseller, you receive a certificate with a Web key registration number and a download URL.

Before accessing the download site, make sure you know exactly your license configuration, the host ID and the name of the computer that will receive the license key file. You can find the host ID and the computer name in the Installation program, these details are automatically calculated and displayed in the third page of the installation where you are asked to load or copy a license file to proceed.

To install a standalone seat - local license of PowerDesigner:

1. Insert the CD-ROM in the drive.
   
   The setup program automatically starts and the initial setup dialog box is displayed. If the setup program does not automatically start and display the initial dialog box, double-click the SETUP.EXE file in the setup directory of the CD-ROM.
2. Click the Install PowerDesigner 12.0 button.
   
   The welcome page appears.
3. Click Next.
   
   The license selection page appears.
4. Select the Standalone Seat - Local License radio button.
   
5. Click Next.
   
   The license file definition page appears.
6. Click the Load button if you already have a license file and browse to the folder where your license file is located. The content of the license file is automatically displayed in the License key box.
   
   or
   
   Download a license file from SPDC and copy the file content into the License Key box.
   
7. Click Next.
   
   The license agreement page appears.
8. Select the location where you are installing the software in the dropdown listbox in the upper part of the dialog box. Read the License Agreement and 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.
   
   
9. Click Next.
   
   The directory selection page appears.
   
   Setup suggests a directory in which to install PowerDesigner files. By default, this directory is different from the directories where previous versions of PowerDesigner are installed. You should avoid installing a new version of PowerDesigner in a directory that stores another version of PowerDesigner.
   
10. Click Next to accept the suggested destination directory.
    
    or
    
    Click Browse, select a different destination directory, and click Next.
    
    The component selection page appears. It contains a list of products and features that are available with the installation. Each node can be expanded in order to let you select the features you wish to install.
    
    
    
       Modify install
    When you are modifying an install, if you deselect a feature check box, this feature will be removed from the disk. See Using Installation Maintenance.
    
    
11. Select or clear check boxes to add or remove products or features and click Next.
    
    The ODBC and Eclipse shared directory selection page appears if you selected the ODBC drivers and/or the Eclipse 3 Plug-in in the list of components.
    
    In the Shared directory box, Setup suggests a directory to install ODBC driver files, this directory is shared among Sybase applications using ODBC drivers.
    
    You also have to select the Eclipse installation directory. Note that the Eclipse plugin destination folder must correspond to an Eclipse 3.1 installation.
    
12. Click Next.
    
    The program folder selection page appears. You can create a new folder or select an existing folder and insert the PowerDesigner program folder in it.
    
13. Select a program folder from the Existing Folders list and click Next.
    
    or
    
    Type a program folder name in the Program Folders textbox and click Next.
    
    The start copying files dialog box appears. The Current Settings box lists all your setup choices.
    
    You can also select the Keep PowerDesigner Settings check box to preserve the settings defined in the previous version installed on your machine.
    
14. Click Next to accept the current settings and start copying files.
    
    The copy starts. A progress box appears and Setup copies files to the destination directory.
15. 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.
    
    

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