Installing the P6 Professional SDK Only

The P6 Professional SDK makes P6 Professional data available for use by external applications. In addition to data, the P6 Professional SDK provides application business rules and calculated values and enforces application security. The P6 Professional SDK supports the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard for connecting to the P6 Professional database. ODBC-compliant interfaces, such as OLE DB, are also supported.

The P6 Professional SDK is installed by default with the 32-bit version of P6 Professional. You can also install it as a standalone.

Note: The P6 Professional SDK is only available as a 32-bit application.

To install the P6 Professional SDK only:

1. Download and extract the media zip file locally to the client computer.
2. In the extracted media zip file, in the Client_Applications folder, double-click setup.exe to launch the installation wizard.

   Note: Microsoft .NET Framework, Windows Installer, and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) are required to run P6 Professional. If they are not installed, follow the prompts to install them and then restart your computer as needed. Allow setup.exe to run when your computer restarts and follow the prompts to complete installation of the required components.

3. Select the Advanced option.
4. Click OK.
5. Deselect the Primavera P6 Professional option.
6. Expand Primavera P6 Professional (x86), P6 Professional Common Components.
7. Select the Software Development Kit option.
8. Click Next.
9. Click Install.
10. Click OK to automatically run Database Configuration immediately after installation. See Running Database Configuration After Installation for details.

    Notes:

    • You do not need to run Database Configuration immediately after installation, however you do need to run it before you can use P6 Professional. You can run Database Configuration manually at any time. See Running Database Configuration Manually for details.
    • After installing the P6 Professional SDK, you must add the P6 Professional SDK installation location to the Path system variable. See Updating the Path System Variable for the P6 Professional SDK for details.

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Updating the Path System Variable for the P6 Professional SDK