WebForms Server prerequisites
This topic lists the required and supported client-side and server-side software for WebForms Server. The WebForms Server serves the online form to visitors and applies business logic to the form such as the validation of data. After the visitor has entered data, the WebForms Server submits data to back office systems.
- SDL Tridion software
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To run WebForms Server on a machine, that machine must have one of the following versions of Content Delivery software installed:
- SDL Tridion 2011
- SDL Tridion 2011 SP1
- SDL Tridion 2013 (Java only, .NET is not supported)
- SDL Tridion 2013 SP1 (Java only, .NET is not supported)
If you use .NET, running SDL Tridion 2011 SP1 in combination with SDL WebForms 2010 SP1 requires you to install policy files and DLL files for Content Delivery. Refer to the SDL Tridion 2011 SP1 documentation for details.
- Required license files
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To run WebForms Server on a machine, you must have a license key for SDL WebForms installed on that machine. The license key is normally added to the existing license file on the machine. The Installation Manual explains how to install this license key.
Also, WebForms lets you place a link to an SDL Tridion Content Manager item in certain locations on the Form (see the descriptions of the Field properties "Linked Label" and "Linked Hint Text" in the WebForms Designer User Manual). To place these links, you require a SDL Tridion suite Linking License.
- Requirements for Web services that receive Forms
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WebForms Server can be configured to send a submitted form to a Web service for back office processing. If this is the case, some requirements may apply to the Web Application Server that runs the Web service on the receiving end.
These requirements apply if the following conditions are met:
- WebForms Server sends submitted forms to a Web service.
- The submitted form contains one or more attachments (attached files).
If both of these conditions hold, then the Web service that receives the form must run on a Web Application Server that can handle incoming content in the DIME format.
Examples of such Web Application Servers are:
- Apache Axis 1.4
- Microsoft .NET 1.1 SP1 or 2.0, with Web Service Enhancement (WSE) 2.0 SP3 installed
If the conditions apply and your Web Application Server is not listed here, consult the documentation of your Web Application Server to determine if it can handle, or be configured to handle, DIME format content.