Oracle® Hospitality OPERA Property Management

Workstation Setup Guide

Release 5.5
E76452-01

July 2016
Oracle Hospitality OPERA Property Management Workstation Setup Guide, Release 5.5

E76452-01

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 Contents

1 Workstation Operating System Requirement

2 Installing the Java Runtime Client

3 Setting Microsoft Internet Explorer Options

Adding Trusted Sites................................................................................................................................ 3-1
Turning on Pop-up Blocker..................................................................................................................... 3-3
Changing Advanced Settings.................................................................................................................. 3-3
Disabling Add-ons.................................................................................................................................... 3-4
Disabling SmartScreen Filter................................................................................................................... 3-5

4 Installing Client Side Applications

Installing the RegTerm Utility ................................................................................................................ 4-1
Installing OPERA Print Control ............................................................................................................. 4-2
Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader ........................................................................................................... 4-2
Installing Screen Painter .......................................................................................................................... 4-2
Installing Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher ................................................................................ 4-2

5 Setting Adobe Acrobat Reader Preferences

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Workstation Operating System
Requirement

To run Oracle Hospitality OPERA Property Management Version 5.5, your

workstation must use one of these operating systems:

• Windows 7 Professional Edition or later

• Windows 8 Professional Edition or later

• Windows 10 Professional Edition or later

Workstation Operating System Requirement 1-1

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Installing the Java Runtime Client

1. Log on to the workstation with a user account that has local administrator rights.

2. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer and go to: http://www.oracle.com/

technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html

3. Under Java SE Runtime Environment 8u77, click the Accept License Agreement
option.

4. Next to Windows x86 Offline, click the link jre-8u77-windows-i586.exe to begin

the download.

5. When the message 'Do you want to run or save jre-8u77-windows-i586.exe (48.4
MB) from download.oracle.com?' appears, click Run.

6. Click the Java icon on the taskbar.

Installing the Java Runtime Client 2-1

 7. On the Java Setup - Welcome screen, click Install.

After the installation has completed, the Java Setup - Uninstall out-of-date
versions screen appears.

8. Click Uninstall.

9. Click the Microsoft Windows Start button.

10. Click in the Search programs and files field, type configure java and then
press Enter.

11. On the Java Control Panel screen, click the Security tab.

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12. Click Edit Site List….

13. On the Exception Site List screen, click Add.

14. Click in the Location field, and enter your OPERA application URL with http, for
example, http://yourOPERAURL.microsdc.us

15. Click Add.

16. Click in the Location field, and enter your OPERA application URL with https, for
example, https://yourOPERAURL.microsdc.us

17. Click OK.

Installing the Java Runtime Client 2-3

 18. On the Java Control Panel screen, select the Advanced tab.

19. Select these check boxes:

a. Use TLS 1.0

b. Use TLS 1.1

c. Use TLS 1.2

20. Click Apply.

21. Click OK.

22. Close Microsoft Internet Explorer, open it again, and log into OPERA.

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Setting Microsoft Internet Explorer Options

There are several places where changes need to be made to the client machine’s
Microsoft Internet Explorer options. Depending on your browser version, the steps
below may differ.

Microsoft Edge does not support OPERA.

Adding Trusted Sites

1. Log on to the workstation with a user account that has local administrator rights.

2. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer.

3. Select the Tools menu.

4. Click Internet options.

5. On the Internet Options screen, select the Security tab.

6. Click the green check mark for Trusted sites.

Setting Microsoft Internet Explorer Options 3-1

Adding Trusted Sites

7. Under Security level for this zone, change it to Medium

8. Click Sites.

9. Click in the Add this website to the zone field.

10. Enter your OPERA application URL with both http and https as in these
examples:

• http://yourOPERAURL.microsdc.us

• https://yourOPERAURL.microsdc.us
For sites that have multiple application servers for OPERA or for load balanced
environments, ensure that all URLs are entered.

11. Click Add.

12. Click Close.

13. Click Custom Level and click Enable for these Settings:

• ActiveX Controls and plug-ins

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 Turning on Pop-up Blocker

• Miscellaneous

14. Click OK.

Turning on Pop-up Blocker

1. On the Internet Options screen, select the Privacy tab.

2. Unselect the Turn on Pop-up Blocker option.

Changing Advanced Settings

1. On the Internet Options screen, select the Advanced tab.

Setting Microsoft Internet Explorer Options 3-3

Disabling Add-ons

2. Select these check boxes:

• Use TLS 1.0

• Use TLS 1.1

• Use TLS 1.2

3. Click Apply.

4. Click OK.

Disabling Add-ons

1. On the Internet Options screen, select the Programs tab.

2. Click Manage Add-ons.

3. On Toolbars and Extensions, disable all except for Java and Adobe.

4. Click Close.

5. Click OK.

6. Click the Tools icon.

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 Disabling SmartScreen Filter

7. Select Manage add-ons.

8. Go to the appropriate type of add-ons and find the one you want to disable, right-
click it and select Disable.

Disabling SmartScreen Filter

Disabling SmartScreen Filter

1. On the Internet Options screen, select the Advanced tab.

Setting Microsoft Internet Explorer Options 3-5

Disabling SmartScreen Filter

2. Scroll down to the Security section and unselect the Enable SmartScreen Filter
check box.

3. Click OK.

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Installing Client Side Applications

If you do not want the OPERA Login Page to automatically install the software
required by JInitiator when you log in, follow these procedures to preinstall all the
required client utilities.

Installing the RegTerm Utility

1. Connect to the application server.

2. Install the RegTerm utility using this URL: http://<appserverhost>/

InstallRegterm.exe

Where <appserverhost> is the name of your application server.

3. If not completed automatically when logging into OPERA, configure the RegTerm
utility by manually creating a termreg.ini file in the C:\Program Files
(x86)\Micros Systems, Inc\Opera\OperaRegTerm folder.

The contents of the file should look like one of the following two examples,
depending on your font size.

With Large Fonts

[OperaTerminal]
OPERA_TERMINAL=<host name with domain>.<unique number>|LargeFont
UseIni=1

Example
[OperaTerminal]
OPERA_TERMINAL=mymachine.micros.com.123454321|LargeFont
UseIni=1

Without Large Fonts

[OperaTerminal]
OPERA_TERMINAL=<host name with domain>.<unique number>
UseIni=1

Example
[OperaTerminal]
OPERA_TERMINAL=mymachine.micros.com.123454321
UseIni=1

Installing Client Side Applications 4-1

Installing OPERA Print Control

Installing OPERA Print Control

The Print Control is loaded along with the Adobe Object and checks for printer
availability and status. If it is not automatically installed, perform the step below to
enable stream printing to work within OPERA.

1. Connect to the application server.

2. Install OPERA Print Control using this URL: http://<appserverhost>/

InstallOperaPrintCtrl.exe

Where <appserverhost> is the name of your application server.

Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader

If installing the client utilities from the OPERA login, the Adobe Acrobat Reader
installation starts automatically while installing OPERA Print Control.

1. Connect to the application server.

2. Install Adobe Acrobat from the OPERA login page or by using this URL: http://
<appserverhost>/InstallAdobe.exe

Where <appserverhost> is the name of your application server.

Installing Screen Painter

If it is not automatically installed, perform the step below to install Screen Painter.

1. Connect to the application server.

2. Install Screen Painter by using this URL: http://<appserverhost>/

InstallScreenWiz.exe

Where <appserverhost> is the name of your application server.

Installing Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

For sites that use BI Publisher to customize reports, a new version has been released
that can be installed on Microsoft Windows 7 workstations. This is labeled as release 4
of the OPERA BI Publisher Desktop installation.

On Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 is automatically included

in the operating system.

The BI Publisher installation however, looks for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, which
is included in Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, but must be installed separately in
Microsoft Windows 8.1.

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 Installing Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

Trying to install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 gives the following errors (which are
also documented at http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/bi.1111/e16518/
toc.htm#BIEQI102):

• 0x800f0906: Windows couldn't connect to the Internet to download necessary files. Make
sure that you're connected to the Internet, and click Retry to try again.

• 0x800F081F: The changes could not be completed. Please reboot your computer and try
again.

Use the Microsoft Windows operating system installation media and the workaround:
DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /
LimitAccess /Source:d:\sources\sxs

Now Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 installs correctly and the BI Publisher installation
can continue. For additional information about installing BI Publisher, see http://
docs.oracle.com/cd/E28280_01/bi.1111/e16518/toc.htm#BIEQI102.

Installing Client Side Applications 4-3

Installing Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher

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Setting Adobe Acrobat Reader Preferences

Depending on your Adobe Acrobat Reader version, the steps below may differ.

1. Open Adobe Acrobat Reader outside of the application.

2. Select Edit, select Preferences, select Updater, and select the Do not download or
install updates automatically option.

3. Select Edit, select Preferences, select General, and unselect the Enable Protected
Mode at startup check box.

4. Select Edit, select Preferences, select Security (Enhanced), and unselect the Enable
Enhanced Security check box.

5. Select Edit, select Preferences, select Security (Enhanced), and select the
Automatically trust sites from my Win OS security zones check box and verify
that the OPERA URL is listed.

Setting Adobe Acrobat Reader Preferences 5-1

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