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About this Guide

The Installation Guide contains complete instructions for installing Panther and for setting up the initial configuration on machines for the supported platforms. It also discusses system requirements, contents of the installation package, licensing, and linking in databases.

The guide assumes that the person doing the installation is a system administrator or someone familiar with UNIX and Windows operating systems.

Organization of this Guide

This guide includes the following information:

`Pre-installation information — An overview of application architectures, the Prolifics components which make up Panther, and requirements and procedures necessary to install Panther.

`Installation instructions — Installing Prolifics software components on UNIX and Windows systems.

`Post-installation notes — Instructions on verifying installation and configura- tion, how to install the licensing software, creating new Prolifics executables for your installation, and information about sample applications distributed with Panther.

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Contents

Tier Installation Page Table of Contents Chapter Web Application Server Windows Appendix D License File About this Guide Organization of this Guide Conventions Text ConventionsKeyboard Conventions Panther Documentation Panther Documentation Online Documentation Procedure or module Collateral Documentation Additional Help Page Installation Installation ChecklistPre-Installation Post-Installation Contents of the Installation Package General Information Which Panther Components to Install? Application Architecture For More Information Client Windows Installation Client Pre-Installation for WindowsHardware and Software Requirements Upgrading Client Installation for Windows Installation ProcedureTo run the setup program Installing a Database Driver To install database driversInformix Microsoft SQL Server Oracle Sybase Create New Prolifics Executables Client Post-Installation for WindowsPost-Installation Overview To create a new Prolifics executable Specifying Executables To include the appropriate database in your executables Configure the Client EnvironmentLinking Database For each Windows client Client Installation Verify the InstallationTroubleshooting Look at Sample Applications Windows Path Settings Online Help Manuals Adding Panther Documents Web Application Server Pre-Installation for Windows Web Application Server Windows Before Installing Web Application Server Post-Installation for Windows Licensing for Prolifics Web Application ServerObtaining a Permanent License File Installing the License File To install a permanent license fileTo obtain the license file Configure the Web Application Server Environment Location License File Web Application Server Installation To verify the Prolifics web application server installationCreating a Web Application Look at Samples QuickStartProlifics Gallery web application Client Unix Installation Client Pre-Installation for Unix File Ownership and Protection Implement File Protection Determine File Location Upgrading Client Installation for Unix To install Panther from a CD-ROM Configuring the Installation To configure the installation Additional Procedures Client Post-Installation for Unix Licensing for Prolifics Installing License File Location of the License File Starting Manager To determine the version of lmgrdTo start the license manager Create New Prolifics Executables Specifying Executables Linking in the Database Configure the Client Environment ApplicationDir/setup.sh To verify a Unix client installation Look at a Sample Application License Manager Post-Installation NotesImplementing Character-Mode Utilities Motif Version Number Graph Functionality .ebtrc file $SMBASE/docs = Panther Web Application Server Pre-Installation for Unix Web Application Server Unix Web Application Server Post-Installation for Unix Preliminary Steps Web Application Server Unix Creating Your Web Application Determine File Locations Monitor -start applicationName Windows DLLs for Jpeg Decoding Using Prolifics Utilities Environment Space Visual C++ Floating-Point Options ` Run the utilities from DOS Initialization Databases For Windows 95/98 and Windows NT For Windows 95/98 For Windows NT Driver=ora8dmnt.dll License Administration Licensing in Prolifics License Daemons and License TypesTypes Daemons Options File License Types Contents Options File FLEXlm Utilities Example Lmcksum Performs a checksum of a license file Diagnoses licensing problems Lmdiag Lmdown Takes down license daemons Lmgrd Starts up the license manager daemon Lmhostid Output from lmhostid is similar to the following Lmremove Removes a user license and returns it to the license pool Lmreread Tells the license daemon to reread the license file Reports status on license manager daemons and feature usage Lmstat Lmswitchr Lmver Reports the FLEXlm version of a library or binary Contents of the License File License File Daemon Increment Error Messages Prolifics Installation Error Messages Filename No such file or directory DLL Messages Informix-Specific MessagesMicrosoft SQL Server-Specific Messages ODBC-Specific Messages Oracle-Specific Messages Sybase-Specific Messages License Manager Error MessagesGraph-Related Messages DLL Version Mismatch Messages Prolifics License-Related Messages All License Types Prolifics License Manager Initialization failed Floating Licenses Node-locked Licenses Create License Utility Cause feature has passed its expiration date FLEXlm Informational Messages Cause License daemon received fatal signal nnn FLEXlm Configuration Problem Messages Daemon Software Error Messages Cause An invalid server connect message was received Cause An error in a read system call was detected Index Tier Installation Odbc