Installation overview
General installation steps
Hardware and operating system requirements
Disk space
Oracle requirements
Your Oracle RDBMS must be active before you attempt to install and run USoft Developer. The client PC must have been set up with the appropriate Oracle client software, and connections to the RDBMS must be working. Refer to your Oracle documentation for details.
Microsoft SQL Server requirements
There are a number of system requirements which must be satisfied if you intend to use USoft Series products with Microsoft SQL Server. You must check that your system complies with these requirements before you proceed with the installation of USoft Series products.
Installing the database product
A USoft environment must run on a relational database. USoft supports design-time development and runtime application use on the following databases:
Installing Oracle XE 21c for USoft
This article tells you how to install Oracle XE 21c for USoft.
Azure SQL databases
From USoft 10.0.1H, Azure SQL Databases (provisioned as well as serverless) are fully supported.
ODBC and other RDBMS requirements
This section describes requirements and installation tips for supported RDBMS platforms other than Oracle and MS SQL Server.
Connecting to the RDBMS
USoft needs a database connect string to connect to the RDBMS.
How to install USoft Developer
Install USoft Developer on a Windows machine so you can start building USoft applications. Use this guide both for a first-time install and for installing another version alongside an existing one.
Silent installation of USoft Developer
You can perform a silent installation. This will install the USoft Developer without presenting an interactive interface. The silent installation can be performed by calling the installer from a command line with a -q, -quiet or -silent flag.
Installing a USoft Rules Service
A USoft Rules Service is an API for connecting to the Rules Engine of a USoft application for web-based (as opposed to
Configuring IIS for USoft
In USoft 10.1 and 11, you run a web server defined in USoft Service Definer.
Browser requirements
USoft web applications