CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Information Map

  Information Table

  Preface

  1      Product Overview

  1.1     Transaction Processing

  1.2     TP and Timesharing

  1.3     Complete TP Monitor Features

  1.4     Resource Manager Support

  1.5     Run-Time Application Control

  1.6     DECintact Configuration Options
    1.6.1      Distributed Processing
    1.6.2      Local and Remote Processing

  1.7     VMS Support

  1.8     Software Features
    1.8.1      Queue Management
    1.8.2      Transaction Management
    1.8.3      Security
    1.8.4      Forms Management
    1.8.5      File Management
    1.8.6      Thread Management
    1.8.7      Terminal Management
    1.8.8      Menu Dispatching
    1.8.9      Network Management
    1.8.10     Calendar Management
    1.8.11     Server Pool Management
    1.8.12     Performance Analysis

  2      Overview of DECintact Environments

  3      Development Environment

  3.1     Steps in Application Development
    3.1.1      Using DECforms
    3.1.2      Using the Terminal Forms Editor
    3.1.3      Defining Files, Queues, and Recovery Units

  4      Run-Time Environment

  4.1     Run-Time Environment Example

  4.2     System Processes that Support the Run-Time Environment

  4.3     Sequence Flow for Sample Application

  4.4     Run-Time Environment for Terminal-Manager-Based Applications

  4.5     Run-Time Environment for Non-Terminal-Manager-Based Applications

  4.6     Distributed Deployment of Software
    4.6.1      Run-Time System
    4.6.2      Remote-Access System

  5      Managing DECintact Systems

  5.1     Installing the DECintact System

  5.2     Security Management

  5.3     Multiple Copies

  5.4     Tuning the System

  Glossary of DECintact Terms

  FIGURES

  1-1        DECintact System Distributed on Front-End and Back-End Systems

  1-2        DECintact Development and Run-Time Systems

  1-3        DECintact Run-Time Systems Sharing Local and Remote Databases

  1-4        DECintact Recovery System

  2-1        Interaction of the DECintact System Environments

  3-1        Development Tasks for the DECintact System

  4-1        Queue Sequence for a Message Switch Application