Specifications

CHAPTER 22 Deploying Your Application
Users Guide 599
Making the data source available
Your users need access to the DBMS and to the database your application uses.
You need to:
• If necessary, install the DBMS runtime files in the application directory or
in a directory on the system path.
Follow the instructions and licensing rules specified by the vendor.
• Make sure each user has access to the database the application uses.
If your application uses a local database, install the database and any
associated files, such as a log file, on the user’s computer.
If your application uses a server database, make sure the user’s computer
is set up to access the database. This may be the task of a database
administrator.
• Install any native database interfaces your application uses on the user’s
computer.
• If your application uses the ODBC interface, configure the ODBC
database drivers and data sources, as described in “Configuring an ODBC
driver” on page 600.
Installing native database interfaces
You need to install the database interface drivers your application requires,
such as the ODBC interface and native database interfaces.
The files for the native database interfaces your application uses belong in the
same directory as the application or in a directory on the system path. When
you install InfoMaker, these files are installed in the Shared\PowerBuilder
directory. The first two characters of the file name are PB, the next three
characters identify the database, and the last two identify the version of
InfoMaker. For example, PBO90115.DLL is the Oracle9i database interface
and PBSYC115.DLL is the Sybase CT-LIB database interface.