Distributing an Integrated Application

This section discusses considerations related to integrating an application with FileNet Workplace and installing an integrated application:

Enable FileNet Workplace User Tokens

In order to integrate a third-party client application with FileNet Workplace, user tokens must be enabled. The User Token Settings are contained in the Site Bootstrap Preferences and can be manually configured through FileNet Workplace as follows:

  1. Login into FileNet Workplace as a user that has sufficient access rights to modify the Site Bootstrap Preferences.
  2. Select the Admin tab.
  3. Select Site Preferences.
  4. Select Bootstrap.
  5. Set the value of Generate user tokens to "Yes".
  6. Set the value of Accept user tokens to "Yes".
  7. Set the value of Token timeout interval to any value between one and 15 minutes.

Compatibility Requirements

Information about the minimum platform requirements for integrating third-party client applications with FileNet Workplace can be found in the IBM FileNet P8 Hardware and Software Requirements document. To download this document from the IBM support page, see Accessing IBM FileNet documentation.

Merge Module Support for Custom Application Installation

Third-party client applications must install the Workplace Application Integration Toolkit during installation of their application. In order to support this installation requirement, the Toolkit is provided as an InstallShield Merge Module (.msm file) which can be built into the installer for a custom application. For information regarding how to use the FnAppIntCore.msm merge module within an InstallShield project, see the InstallShield Help. When using a product other than InstallShield to develop the installer for a client application, refer to the Help documentation for that product for information about working with merge modules.