Installing the File Type Support Server on Windows
The File Type Support (FTS) Server only runs on Windows machines, but, once you have installed it, you can connect it to a WorldServer installation on Linux as well. FTS Server is a 32-bit program and runs in 32-bit mode even on a 64-bit machine.
- Download the FileTypeSupportServer.msi file from the WorldServer FTP website to a known location on a Windows machine.
- Install the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2 on that machine. You can download the .NET Framework 4.5.2 redistributable file (dotNETFx452_Full_setup.exe.exe) from the WorldServer FTP site.
- Install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017 (x86) on that machine. Make sure that you download the 32-bit version (x86) regardless of your system configuration. You can download it from the official Microsoft website.
- Double-click the FileTypeSupportServer.msi file, and then click Next.
- On the Destination Folder page, specify the folder where you want the FTS Server to be installed.
- On the FTS Server Configuration page, specify the folder shared by WorldServer and FTS Server, as well as the number of FTS Server processes to run.
- On the FTS Server Windows Service Configuration page, specify a user account that runs the FTS Server service and its corresponding password. If you do not specify them, the local system account will be used to run the service.
- On the Database Connection page, specify the database type, the name of the SQL Server or Oracle server, the name of the WorldServer database, as well as the username and password of the SQL Server or Oracle user.
- Click Install, and then click Finish.
Notes related to the File Type Support Server installation
- To install FTS Server, you should use the same userid that currently "owns" the WorldServer instance.
- The FTS Server requires that you use the database username and password used by WorldServer. You should enter plain text characters in both boxes. The installation wizard encrypts the password, matching the encrypted password used by WorldServer. If you do not know the username or password for the database used by WorldServer and cannot obtain them, contact WorldServer technical support.
- Windows permissions are extremely important for the proper operation of the FTS Server and of the WorldServer application server. Both installations must be owned by users with identical domain permissions.
- If you need more information about .NET Framework version 4.5.2, refer to the Microsoft Download Center.
- On the FTS Server machine, run services.msc.
- Right-click the SDL File Type Support service and click Properties.
- Click the Log On tab.
- Select This account and enter the username and password of the WorldServer user.
- Click OK.
- Right-click the SDL File Type Support service again and click Restart.
Installing SDL Custom Cultures
If you intend to use SDL Custom Cultures, you should copy the SDLCustomCultures.msi installer from the WorldServer distribution kit to the FTS Server machine and run it. A number of .nlp files will be added under C:\Windows\Globalization. When SDL Custom Cultures are installed, the Globalization folder should contain more than 400 files.
Office file type requirements
With the new versions of the Microsoft Excel 2000-2003 and Rich Text Format (RTF) file types, added in WorldServer 11.3, you no longer need to have Microsoft Office installed on the machine that runs the FTS Server. If you want to keep using the deprecated versions, however, you still need Microsoft Office 2007 or later (or Office 2003 with the 2007 compatibility pack) on your FTS Server machine.
What to do next
You must now configure the WorldServer instance to communicate with the FTS Server.