Pre-requisites for the Four J’S products: Business Development Suite / Genero

Operating system
Check the list of available ports at [link to the list of available ports] to see if your operating system is supported.

40 Mb disk space
According to the type of installation, the required disk space varies. The runtime environment needs less room than the development environment. During the installation, about 15 Mb are needed in the current temporary directory.

A network card
A network card is not absolutely necessary. It is recommended if you want to test your application in an n-tier architecture.

About 2 to 6 Mb memory per user
The amount of memory needed will change according to the Operating System, the database engine and your application. Each DVM process takes 2 to 6 Mb. For example, a typical requirement for a 30-user runtime environment with an Informix database server is a 500 MHz processor with 512 Mb RAM.

A graphical user environment
Either a Unix graphical environment (X11, …) or Windows or Mac is needed to run a graphical client. An Internet browser and a web server may be needed too if the application is expected to run over the Internet.

An Internet connection
During the licensing process, you will have to validate the license keys on Four J’s web site. The machine you are installing does not need to be connected to internet. You can use a nearby machine for that.

‘C’ Linker
A runtime system or ‘runner’ is needed to execute programs. It is automatically created during the installation phase. Depending on the database version and the operating system, this runner may need to be created manually. To do so, a ‘C’ linker is needed. The ‘C’ linker is only needed on the development machine and once per operating system.

ANSI ‘C’ Compiler
If your I4GL application calls C functions, these functions will need to be recompiled. Then, an Ansi C compiler is needed.

Database engine
The database used with I4GL will work with Four J’s products. To simplify the installation of Four J’s products, it is highly recommended to install Informix CSDK including ESQL/C. Always prefer the latest version of CSDK when installing it.

Four J’s documentation
Four J’s documentation will be very helpful during the installation of the product and during the migration phase. The documentation includes also a list of new features, which may help you in modifying your application. [link to the documentation download]

Four J’s License
Four J’s provide special offers to people migrating from I4GL or D4GL to BDS or Genero. Contact your nearest sales and marketing centre for more information.