Installing Embarcadero ER/Studio Data Architect
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This section will help you ensure your environment meets the technical requirements and helps you install ER/Studio Data Architect.
You can download a 14-day trial version of ER/Studio Data Architect, from http://www.embarcadero.com/downloads. Embarcadero will send you a license registration code by email.
System Requirements
Review the requirements before you install ER/Studio Data Architect. Adhering to these requirements optimizes the performance.
| ER/Studio Data Architect Requirements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | Processor | Dual Core or higher |
| RAM | 2 GB | |
| Disk Space | ||
| 670 MB | ||
| Operating System | Any of the following: • Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 & 8.1 | |
| Software | To use an Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC) database as a data source, install the ODBC driver on your client computer.
To connect to the DBMS using native connectivity, install the native client libraries available from the DBMS vendor. To display the Welcome Page correctly, at least Internet Explorer version 9 should be installed. | |
| Privileges |
Local administrator privileges (required for installation only). | |
Installing ER/Studio Data Architect
Tip: We recommend to have installed most current version of both, ER/Studio Repository and ER/Studio Data Architect, to ensure compatibility.
Note: It is not possible to install the x64 bit version where a x32 bit version is also installed. You will need to remove any previously installed x32 bit versions of the software.
Log on to Windows with local administrator privileges.
- Start the ER/Studio Data Architect installation program.
Note: To do a silent install, you can run the installation program from the command line.
- Walk through the installation wizard following the onscreen prompts.
The following provides additional information for some options that are not self-explanatory:
- Default Notation: Choose the notation type you want ER/Studio Data Architect to use by default to display the model.
- IDEF1X: Data modeling technique used by many branches of the United States Federal Government.
- IE (Martin/Finkelstein): Information Engineering (IE) as developed by Martin and later revised by Finkelstein.
- IE (Crow's Feet): Uses IE notation and represents relationships with connecting lines between entities, and symbols at the ends of those lines to represent the cardinality of the relationship. This is the notation used in Oracle texts and in other applications such as Visio. Foreign keys are displayed in entity boxes.
- IE (Hide Foreign Keys): Uses standard IE notation, but foreign keys are not displayed in entity boxes.
Note: You can change the notation setting at a later time. To change the notation, choose Tools > Options from the ER/Studio Data Architect Main menu, and then click the Logical or Physical tab where you can choose the notation type.
- Shared Application Data Location: By default, ER/Studio Data Architect installs shared directories and application files such as the DatatypeMapping, Macros, and Sample Models directories in the following locations:
- Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Embarcadero\ERStudio_X.X
- Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista: C:\ProgramData\Embarcadero\ERStudio_X.X
If you prefer to store these files in another directory after installation, follow the procedure in Changing the Location of Shared Files.
- For step-by-step instructions on how to use ER/Studio Data Architect, see the Tutorials section.
Installing ER/Studio Data Architect via Command Line
ER/Studio Data Architect can also be installed from the command line.
The unattended InstallShield requires an *.iss configuration (answer) file during the silent installation.
To create an *.iss file you run the graphical installation using the -r (record) switch, choosing all the options that you require in the install process and naming an *.iss file that you would like to be created. Once the .iss file is created, you then use the -s switch to run your silent installation.
The commands would look similar to this:
erda_100.exe -r -f1C:\DA_ins_conf.iss
erda_100.exe -s -sms -f1C:\DA_ins_conf.iss
Optional parameters:
- -s > Specifies to install silently.
- -r > Records an .iss file from an install.
- f1 > The /f1filename switch allows you to specify a fully-qualified alternate name for the setup.iss file. Note that there must be no space between the /f1 switch and the file name. This switch works both with /r to create the file and with /s to read it.
- sms > Pauses the process until the install has completed. Used for scripting purposes.
Note: Be aware that InstallShield silently removes certain non-alphanumerics (like hyphens) from filenames.
For information on installing ER/Studio with Embarcadero AppWave, please see the AppWave Admin Quick Start and the AppWave Administrator Guide at http://docwiki.embarcadero.com.
