ArcMap Server Requirements

NOTE: See ArcIMS Operating System Requirements and Limitations for specific details on operating system requirements with ArcIMS.

To create .MXDs and .PMFs the following versions of ArcGIS are needed:

For Windows: You cannot serve an .MXD file created in ArcMap 9.3 in a pre-9.3 version of ArcIMS.
To serve an .MXD file via ArcIMS 9.3, the file must have been created in ArcGIS version 8.2 or higher. To serve a .PMF file in ArcIMS 9.3, the file must have been created in ArcGIS version 8.3 or higher. In order to do so, users must uncheck the "Open in ArcReader only" checkbox in Application Tab of the Publisher Settings dialog and then publish the PMF, or in the case of 8.x PMFs re-publish the PMF.
For Solaris/Linux: If ArcSDE data (only) is used, ArcGIS 8.2 or higher is needed to create .MXDs and ArcGIS 8.3 or higher is needed to create .PMFs that can be served in ArcIMS ArcMap Server 9.3. In order to do so, users must uncheck the "Open in ArcReader only" checkbox in Application Tab of the Publisher Settings dialog and then publish the PMF, or in the case of 8.x PMFs re-publish the PMF.
If file based data is used, ArcGIS 9.0 or higher is needed to create .MXDs /.PMFs that can be served in ArcIMS ArcMap Server 9.3.