Installing PowerBuilder

Run the PowerBuilder setup program to install PowerBuilder .NET and PowerBuilder Classic.

Prerequisites
You must have Administrator privileges to fully install this product.
Task
  1. On the Choose Destination Location page, click Next to accept the destination folder path shown, or click Browse and select a different path, click OK, then click Next.
  2. On the Choose Destination Location For Shared Files page, click Next to accept the destination folder path shown, or browse to select the Sybase\Shared directory.
  3. On the Select Components page, unselect any components you do not want to install, and click Next.
    You cannot unselect the PowerBuilder Base Components option.

    Select or select the check boxes of individual components, or click Select All or Unselect All to change all the check boxes.

    The Demo Database is selected by default if you select the Tutorial component.

  4. On the Select Program Folder page, select the program folder to which program icons will be added, or specify a new one; then click Next.
  5. On the Start Copying Files page, review your settings, then click Next to begin installing files, or Back to change your selections.
  6. Install help:
    1. In the Help Library Manager, click Add next to PowerBuilder .NET, and then click Update.
      If you click Cancel, PowerBuilder .NET topics are not available in the IDE help.
    2. When prompted to confirm that you want to proceed, click Yes.
    3. When the Local Library completes the update, click Finish.
    4. Click Exit to close the Help Library Manager.
  7. On the InstallShield Wizard Complete page, click Finish to return to the common setup program.
Next
After installing, make sure users have write permission for their user profile directories (for example, My Documents in Windows XP and Documents in Windows Vista), and for HKEY_CURRENT_USER in the Windows registry.