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• Oracle Workflow Builder is installed using Oracle Universal Installer. The Oracle Workflow Builder installation includes the Oracle Net Services and Required Support Files which it requires. You should install Oracle Workflow Builder on an IBM, Compaq or 100% compatible personal computer with the following:

• A Pentium processor or better

• Clock speed of 66 Mhz or greater (90 Mhz or greater is recommended)

• Network card

• SVGA color monitor

• Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows NT 4.0 or higher

• At least 65 Mb of available disk space to install Oracle Workflow Builder, Oracle Net Services, and Required Support Files.

• At least 32 Mb of memory, 64 Mb recommended

Attention: Oracle Net Services require and only support the use of Microsoft's TCP/IP drivers.

• The Oracle Workflow Server requires the following:

• Oracle8i Database Release 3 (8.1.7) or higher, Oracle9i Database, or Oracle Database 10g, Enterprise or Standard Edition

Note: To determine which database versions are supported by your version of Oracle Workflow, please refer to the installation documentation for your installation.

• At least 40 Mb of available disk space for Oracle Workflow Server once it is installed in your Oracle Home

• At least 128 Mb of memory, 256 Mb recommended

• Oracle Net Services, corresponding to the version of your Oracle Database

• SQL*Plus, corresponding to the version of your Oracle Database

Attention: While the version of Oracle Workflow offered to Oracle8i Database Standard Edition customers is exactly the same as the version offered to Oracle8i Database Enterprise Edition customers, it is important to note that Oracle Workflow leverages Oracle8i Database functionality. Consequently, using an Oracle8i Database Standard Edition database limits some of the features available for use by the Oracle Workflow Business Event System.

For example:

• You cannot create any additional queues in Oracle8i Database Standard Edition beyond the default queues provided by Oracle Workflow. If you require additional queues, you should choose Oracle8i Database Enterprise Edition.

• Oracle Advanced Queuing propagation in Oracle8i Database Standard Edition does not support propagating messages outside the local database. If you require messages to be propagated to other systems, you should choose Oracle8i Database Enterprise Edition.

In Oracle9i Database and higher, however, these restrictions no longer apply. Exactly the same functionality is available with Oracle Workflow in an Oracle9i Database and higher, Standard Edition, as in an Oracle9i Database and higher, Enterprise Edition.

• To send and receive e-mail notifications, you must have an SMTP mail server set up for outbound messages and and an IMAP4 compliant mail server set up for inbound messages.

• To send and respond to e-mail notifications with HTML attachments, your e-mail application should support HTML attachments and you should have a Web browser application that supports JavaScript and Frames to view the attachment.

• The Web notifications, Workflow Monitor, and Event Manager components require Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql to be installed on a server machine. The Oracle HTTP Server and mod_plsql components are included with the Oracle Database in Oracle8i Database Release 3 (8.1.7) and higher, as well as with Oracle Application Server.

To view notifications you need a Web browser application that supports JavaScript and Frames. To view the Workflow Monitor you need a Web browser that supports Java Development Kit (JDK) Version 1.1.8 or higher and Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT), such as Netscape Communicator version 4.76 or a higher version of 4.7x, or Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0x or 5.5x.

• To sign notification responses with certificate-based digital signatures in Oracle Applications, you must use a PC with Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows NT 4.0 or higher. Additionally, you must access the notifications using Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.0x, version 5.5x, or higher, or Netscape Communicator version 4.76 or a higher version of 4.7x.

• To run external Java function activities in the standalone version of Oracle Workflow, you must have Java Development Kit (JDK) Version 1.4 installed.

• To use the Workflow XML Loader in the standalone version of Oracle Workflow, you must have Java Development Kit (JDK) Version 1.4 installed. To use the Workflow XML Loader in the version of Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications, you must have Java Development Kit (JDK) Version 1.3 installed.

• To extract the HTML help for the standalone version of Oracle Workflow, you need an unzip utility.

• To implement Oracle Internet Directory integration, you must have Oracle Internet Directory installed. To implement single sign-on integration, you must implement Oracle Internet Directory integration, and you must have Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On installed and have mod_osso installed with Oracle HTTP Server.

Attention: To implement single sign-on integration, you must use a version of the Oracle Database that is certified with your version of Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On.