CITRIX Installation

Terminal Server Installation

FORMULATOR is supported and will run in a Citrix or Terminal Services environment.  For single server environments, FORMULATOR should be installed on the server as normal.  The application is then published using Citrix or Terminal Services.

 

For multiple server environments:

 In a multiple server environment, you must use a shared folder to provide the locking and logging functions required by FORMULATOR.  An unlimited number of servers may run the application, but they all must have access to this shared folder.  All users must have read / write access.

 

To create a multi-server environment, do the following:

 1.       Install FORMULATOR on all the servers.

2.       Create a shared folder to hold the license, logs, and locking information.  All users must have read and write access to this folder.

3.       Locate the file named “FORMULATOR.mdx” in any FORMULATOR installation folder.  If one of the installs has users set up, use that one.  Copy it to the shared folder.

4.       Locate the program “MachID.exe” in any FORMULATOR install.  Copy it to the shared folder and run it.  This is the machine ID for your installation.

5.       Send the machine ID to FORMULATOR Software LLC.  You will receive a FORMULATOR license file in return.  Save it in the shared folder.

6.       On each server, run FORMULATOR.  On the main menu, select View – Options.  The following window will appear:

Click the “Set MDX Path” menu.  You will see a warning appear:
 

Click ‘Yes’.  The MDX location dialog will appear:

Navigate to the shared folder and select “Formulator.mdx”.  The server will then share the installation via the shared folder.