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Installing Liquent SmartLink for PDF

Perform the steps below to install SmartLink for PDF.

Before installing Liquent SmartLink for PDF, ensure that your machine meets the following prerequisites.

  • The Adobe Acrobat application is not running.
  • There are no current or previous versions of the Liquent SmartLink for PDF application installed on the client.
  • Confirm that Microsoft .NET Framework is installed on the client machine.
  • Optional, for Documentum connectivity: DFC
  1. Log on to the client machine as <name>.
  2. Proceed as follows:
    • If you are going to run Liquent SmartLink for PDF from a Java sandbox (ex: Webtop), proceed to the next step.
    • If you are not going to run Liquent SmartLink for PDF from a Java sandbox, proceed to Step 14.
  3. Copy the CLASSPATH environment variable. Click Start > Control Panel > System.
  4. Click the Advanced System Settings tab.
    The System Properties window appears.
  5. Click the Advanced tab, and then click the Environment Variables button.
    The Environment Variables window appears.
  6. In the System Variables list, select ClassPath and click the Edit button below the list.
    The Edit System Variable window appears.
  7. Highlight the paths to the dctm.jar file and the Documentum config directory and copy their contents.
    Example:

    <DocumentumInstallPath>\dctm.jar

    <documentumInstallDrive>\Documentum\config

  8. Press the Cancel button on the three dialog windows to close them, and then close the Control Panel window.
  9. Run Regedit.exe.
  10. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Wow6432Node > Documentum > Components > DJCB.
  11. Double click on ClassPath.
    The Edit String window appears.
  12. In the Value data: field, paste the contents copied in Step 7 and click OK.
  13. Close Regedit.exe.
    If any products that use the DFC are open, relaunch them.
  14. Create a temporary folder in: <install drive>:/Installs/ named SmartLinkforPDF.
  15. Copy the installation files from the installation media to the  folder on the client.
  16. In the  folder, double-click the setup.exe installer file.
  17. On the InstallShield Wizard Welcome window, click Next.
  18. In the Customer Information dialog box, enter the following information:
    • In the User Name field, enter <name>.
    • In the Company Name field, enter <company name>.
    • Leave the default of Anyone who uses this computer (all users) selected.
  19. Click Next.
    The default installation path for the Acrobat plug-ins folder appears.
    • For 32-bit system - C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat X.X\Acrobat\plug_ins.
    • For 64-bit system - C:\Program Files \Adobe\Acrobat X.X\Acrobat\plug_ins
  20. Click Next.
  21. On the Start Copying Files window, click Next.
  22. When the installation is completed, click Finish.
  23. Start Adobe Acrobat and then choose Edit > Preferences.
  24. In the Preferences dialog box, select Documents from the list of Categories, and then under Open Settings clear the option Open cross-document links in the same window.
  25. To close the Preferences dialog box, click OK.
  26. Close Adobe Acrobat.
  27. Start Internet Explorer and choose Tools > Compatability View settings. Clear the Display intranet sites in Compatibility View and Use Microsoft compatability lists options.
  28. Close Internet Explorer.