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SPARK Forms Builder for SharePoint
Installation Guide
ITLAQ Technologies www.itlaq.com
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Table of Contents…
I. System Requirements ......................................................................................................................................2
II. Install SPARK on your environment ................................................................................................................2
III. Obtain SPARK License ....................................................................................................................................7
IV. Activate SPARK feature on SharePoint sites .................................................................................................9
V. Confirm SPARK installation .............................................................................................................................9
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Following are the system minimum requirements for SPARK Forms Builder for SharePoint.
Type SPARK forms Builder for SharePoint 2013
Operating system Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 or Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (R2 is supported) system
Browser To design forms, use the following browser versions. Minimum required: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.x Recommended: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or greater, Google Chrome
(latest released version), Mozilla Firefox (latest released version), Apple Safari (latest released version)
To run SPARK Forms Builder, use the following browser versions. Minimum required: Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.x or latest version of
Chrome, Firefox, or Safari (Mac/iOS) Recommended: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or greater, or latest version of
Chrome, Firefox, or Safari (Mac/iOS)
Software SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1, SQL Server 2012, or SQL Server 2014 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2013 or Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
(SP1 is supported)
1. To install SPARK Forms Builder for SharePoint, the installer must be run on a front-end server.
2. Download the installer package (SPARK.exe), sometimes when you download the installation package through your browser it may shows a warning message, you can add www.itlaq.com to your trusted sites in the IE or edge trusted zone before downloading the package. (The Installation Package contains no viruses or malwares, and was produced in a safe environment and secure network).
3. Double-click the installer to display the installation dialog box. Note: In order to run the installation package successfully you need to login with a high privileges account. To run the installer with a user account other than the logged-in user account, press and hold SHIFT, right-click the installer file, select Run as different user, and then enter the credentials for the desired account.
II. Install SPARK on your environment
I. System Requirements
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4. On the Welcome to the Installation Wizard page, click Next.
5. The (Server and System Check) page appears and start checking the system, if there is any problem in the checklist you have to fix that issue and try running the installer again, if all check list points are ok, then click Next.
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6. On the End-User License Agreement page, review the license, click on “I accept the terms in the license agreement”, and then click Next.
7. The Web Application Deployment Targets page appears, showing a list of your SharePoint environment available web applications, the central administration web application will be checked by default and its check box will be disabled as this web application is mandatory for deploying SPARK. At this point, you have to specify the web applications you need spark to be installed on. Check the web applications you want and click Next.
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8. Installation status is indicated by messages and a progress bar.
9. When installation is complete, click Next to open the installation results page.
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10. In the results page, you can view all the information about the installation process, and verify that everything has been successfully installed; you can click Close to close the installation dialog box.
Note: The installer installs SPARK-named assemblies and SharePoint features locally. At this point, the solutions licensing system and SPARK features are now available for activation on your SharePoint farm.
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Always make sure that your SPARK license file is up to date. Make sure that the product license is explicitly activated for the functionality that you want, such as Enterprise Edition. If you have questions about your license file, contact us at [email protected]
1. Open your SharePoint central administration web application.
2. In the central administration main page, locate “SPARK Forms Builder Management” and click on the “Activation Details” link.
Steps to obtain your license:
III. Obtain SPARK License
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3. In the “Activation Details” page locate the “FARM ID” field, copy this field and send it to [email protected] in order to obtain your license.
4. ITLAQ will send you a license file by email, upload this file by going to “Manage License” page in “SPARK Forms Builder Management” then activate the license by clicking on the “Activate” Button.
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5. Now and as you have licensed SPARK, you can activate its feature on the desired sites. In case you face any problem in your license, contact ITLAQ Technologies through the following emails: [email protected] or [email protected] Note: after installing SPARK and if you couldn’t find “SPARK Forms Builder Management” in the central administration page, go to “System Settings” and open “Manage Farm Solutions” page, locate SPARK solution and make sure it has been deployed on the correct web application, (if not) then deploy it manually and check again that SPARK has been activated on the central administration web application.
"SPARK forms Builder" must be activated on relevant sites. 1. From your site home page, access Site Settings (in SharePoint 2013, use the gear icon).
2. In the Site Administration section, click "Manage Site features".
3. Locate "SPARK Forms Builder" and for each feature listed, in the sequence listed, click Activate to
activate.
To confirm that SPARK has been installed and activated properly, go to any list or library in the site you have activated the feature on, click on the library tab on the top ribbon, you must see now “SPARK Forms Builder” button in the (Customize Library) group.
IV. Activate SPARK feature on SharePoint sites
Steps to activate features on each relevant site in your SharePoint
environment
V. Confirm SPARK installationSteps to activate features on each relevant site in
your SharePoint environment
V. Confirm SPARK installationSteps to activate features on each relevant site in
your SharePoint environment
V. Confirm SPARK installationSteps to activate features on each relevant site in
your SharePoint environment
V. Confirm SPARK installationSteps to activate features on each relevant site in
your SharePoint environment
V. Confirm SPARK installationSteps to activate features on each relevant site in
your SharePoint environment
V. Confirm SPARK installationSteps to activate features on each relevant site in
your SharePoint environment
V. Confirm SPARK installation
