Ultra Light Client Guide and Reference


Setting up ULC

This section provides an overview of ULC setup. For complete installation instructions, see the release notes shipped with the installation components listed below. You must install the VisualAge Smalltalk Server Workbench feature before setting up ULC.

The first step to installing and setting up ULC is determining what type of desktop setup you need. You can either install ULC as a development environment, as a standalone production environment, or as a Web production environment. The type of setup you need will determine which ULC components you need to install. For help in making setup decisions, see What you need for ULC desktop workstations.

ULC consists of the following components:

VisualAge features installable in the development environment
These are subfeatures of the Server Workbench. You must load the following features:

To install these features, open the System Transcript window, select Tools -> Load/Unload Features.

The ULC runtime support packages
This includes the UI Engine. It is bundled in a self-extracting archive files (OS/2) or self-installer files (Windows), as follows:
  • ULCOUie.exe, the UI Engine package for OS/2
  • ULCWUie.exe, the UI Engine package for Windows

For installation guidelines, see the release notes for these files.

Java components and tools available from the Web
For a list of Java resources that are appropriate for your chosen desktop environments, see Setting up Java support.


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