System requirements
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/concepts/
The specific system requirements for using your application, hosting your application, and using the application builder are listed below. For information on installing the ArcGIS Viewer for Flex application builder, see the installation guide.
The minimum requirements to run the application builder and create Flex Viewer applications are as follows:
- A web server
- Adobe AIR
- Read/write access to the web server
Client requirements to run Flex Viewer applications
A web browser with Adobe Flash Player 10 or higher is required to run Flex Viewer applications. Install Flash Player from Adobe.
System requirements for hosting Flex Viewer
A web server is required to host Flex Viewer. The two most common web servers are Internet Information Server (IIS) and Apache HTTP Server.
- Internet Information Server
- Internet Information Server (IIS) is from Microsoft. The installation instructions differ between different version of IIS and Windows operating systems. See the following Microsoft documentation for details:
- Apache HTTP Server
- Apache HTTP Server from the Apache Software Foundation is an open-source Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server for modern
operating systems including UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and
Netware. Apache has been the most popular web server
on the Internet since April 1996.
- Download and install Apache HTTP Server or, if you have Mac OS X, turn it on following steps 3 and 4 inasda .
System requirements for using the application builder to create Flex Viewer applications
The system requirements for using the application builder to create Flex Viewer applications are as follows:
- Read/write access to a web server
The application builder should work with any web server as long as it can read/write files to it. You might have to change permissions for your application location.
- Adobe AIR—Adobe AIR enables stand-alone client applications without the constraints of a browser.
If your machine does not already have Adobe AIR installed, it will ask you to install it when you run the installation for the application builder. You can also install Adobe AIR from http://get.adobe.com/air/.