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Download the Tomcat Bundle

 

  1. Download the Tomcat bundle from the frevvo web site. You will need to login with your  account. 
  2. Ensure that you do not have another server running on port 8082.
  3. The  tomcat bundle can run either with a JRE or JDK
    1. For a JRE, make sure that the JRE_HOME environment variable is set to the installation directory of your JRE, for example, C:\Program Files\Java\jre7 and that JAVA_HOME is not set
    2. For a JDK, make sure that the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set to the installation directory of your JDK, for example, C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_09
  4. Unpack the frevvo.zip file to the location of your choice: e.g. c:\.  A frevvo subfolder will be created and the bundle files will be extracted and placed in this directory. We'll refer to this directory as <frevvo-home>.




  5. Start : Double click <frevvo-home>\Start frevvo. This starts tomcat on port 8082 with  pre-configured and displays the tomcat log in a command prompt.
  6. In your browser, go to http://<server-name>:8082/frevvo/web.
  7. On the page that is displayed, copy and paste the license that you generated and click Submit.
  8. Follow the steps below if  displays an Upgrade page:
    1. Click the Continue button.  will initialize itself.
    2. The "installation complete" page will be displayed when initialization is complete.
    3. Restart : Double click <frevvo-home>\Stop frevvo. When tomcat has stopped, restart by double clicking <frevvo-home>\Start frevvo.
  9. In your browser, go to http://<server-name>:8082/frevvo/web.

Setup for Forms and Workflows

  1. Login to  as user "admin", password "admin". Change the admin password if you want.
  2. We recommend that you do not use the admin user to create your own forms. Add a new user for that purpose.
  3. Click the "manage" link in the top right menu.
  4. On Create a new tenant by clicking the "Manage Tenants" link on the page that is displayed, click the "Manage Tenants" link.here
  5. There is a single tenant named d. This is the default tenant.

Setup for Forms and Workflows

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  2. Click the  icon to create a new tenant, fill in the form and submit it. The new tenant will be created.
  3. Click the  icon, to administer the newly created tenant.
  4. On the page that is displayed, click the "Manage Roles" link.
  5. There is a single role (frevvo.Designer).
  6. Click the  icon, fill in the form and submit it to create new roles e.g. Employee or Manager.
  7. Click the 'Back to Manage Tenant' link.
  8. On the page that is displayed, click the "Manage Users" link.
  9. There is a single user (the administrative user you defined when you created the tenant). Note that you will have to click the link to display All users. By default, only users beginning with the letter A are displayed.
  10. Click the  icon, fill in the form and submit it. Assign roles to the user as desired. Note that you must assign the frevvo.Designer role to any users who wish to design forms.
  11. The new user will be created. Create as many users and assign them roles as needed.
  12. Logout of the admin account and login as one of the newly created users with the frevvo.Designer role and start building forms and workflows.
  13. Note that you must login using the syntax: userid@tenant for the user name. For example, if the newly created tenant was named example.com then all users in that tenant must login using the ID: user@example.com. Type in your password as before.
  14.  is installed and ready for use.

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The batch files provided are:

  •  InstallInstall-Service.bat file - Double click this file to install the service.
  •  ConfigureConfigure-Service.bat - Double-click this file to edit the Shutdown/Startup mode and set both of them to Java instead of jvm if installing on a Windows x64 system. Change the name of the service if desired. See below:
  •  MonitorMonitor-Service.bat - Double-click this file to monitor the bundle service.
  • Remove-Service.bat - removes the service. You may have to close the Windows Services panel and reopen it to see the change.

Follow these steps to install  as a Windows Service:

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  6. Click on the Shutdown tab. Modify the service properties to change the Shutdown mode from jvm to Java. Click 'OK'.

7. Now try to start and stop the service and remember to check the service logs both in <frevvo-home>/tomcat/logs/frevvoforms-stderr. Check the frevvoforms-stderr.YYYY-MM-DD,log,  frevvoforms-stdout.YYYY-MM-DD.log, common-daemon.YYYY-MM-DD.log files located in <frevvo-home>/tomcat/logs and the Windows System Event log for detailsif the service does not start. See below for some troubleshooting tips.

Live Forms fails to install/start as windows service

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