{"id":6157,"date":"2018-01-03T00:58:31","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T00:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/?p=6157"},"modified":"2021-03-11T15:57:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T23:57:05","slug":"eformz-install-an-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/eformz-install-an-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"eFORMz Install an Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This guide requires that you have an extension created. An extension could be a .zip file on Windows with the appropriate eFORMz project files placed inside with a Install.xml file. Please see this article for more information on specifications for creating an extension: <a href=\"\/support\/index.php\/eformz-create-an-extension\/\">https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/index.php\/eformz-create-an-extension\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Using an Extension<\/h2>\n<p>You can use the option <em>Install an Extension<\/em> in eFORMz to install a directory path for your projects, to replace configuration files, such as FontSpecs_User.xml, or to add new fonts, translation files, and eFORMz settings. This article shows you how to use an extension, specifically a .zip folder on Windows.<\/p>\n<p>To install an extension, click Host Tools &gt; Install an extension&#8230;. Using a .zip as an extension is available for all operating systems where eFORMz runs: Windows, AS\/400 (iSeries) and Unix\/Linux.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5833\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install-1.png 277w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install-1-150x73.png 150w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install-1-250x122.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5834\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"323\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install2.png 323w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install2-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install2-150x130.png 150w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install2-250x217.png 250w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Install2-207x180.png 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Install dialog opens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/default.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5842\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/default.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/default.jpg 521w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/default-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/default-150x32.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/default-250x53.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the installation is complete, you can see your directories created with the appropriate file names and project files.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/InstallComplete.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5843\" src=\"https:\/\/alt2.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/InstallComplete.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/InstallComplete.jpg 426w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/InstallComplete-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/InstallComplete-150x61.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/InstallComplete-250x102.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Close all eFORMz windows and restart the eFORMz service to pick up the updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide requires that you have an extension created. An extension could be a .zip file on Windows with the appropriate eFORMz project files placed inside with a Install.xml file. Please see this article for more information on specifications for creating an extension: https:\/\/minisoft.com\/support\/index.php\/eformz-create-an-extension\/ Using an Extension You can use the option Install an Extension [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[312,45,306],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6157"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9112,"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6157\/revisions\/9112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.minisoft.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}