CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      Preinstallation Considerations

  1.1     Prerequisite Hardware

  1.2     OpenVMS Licensing Management Facility (LMF)

  1.3     Prerequisite Software
    1.3.1      Required Software Products
    1.3.2      Optional Software Products
    1.3.3      Order of Product Installation

  1.4     VAXcluster ~ Consideration (VAX Only)

  1.5     VMScluster Consideration

  1.6     Preparing Your System and the Installing Account
    1.6.1      Required Parameters
      1.6.1.1      Global Pages (or pagelets) and Global Sections (GBLPAGES and GBLSECTIONS Parameters)
    1.6.2      Oracle CDD/Repository Considerations
      1.6.2.1      Effect of Installation Procedure on Existing DTR$LIB Directory
      1.6.2.2      Required Privileges to CDD$TOP
    1.6.3      Effect of Installation Procedure on the Logical DTR$LIBRARY
    1.6.4      More than One Installation of this Version of DEC DATATRIEVE
    1.6.5      Check for Invalid DTRFUNxx.OLB

  2      DEC DATATRIEVE Installation Procedure

  2.1     Starting the Installation Procedure

  2.2     Mounting the Distribution Medium

  2.3     Answering Questions About Release Notes

  2.4     Answering Questions About the Licensing Management Facility (LMF)

  2.5     Answering Questions During the DEC DATATRIEVE Installation
    2.5.1      Installing DEC DATATRIEVE with the Default Answers
    2.5.2      Installing with LSE Support
    2.5.3      Installing with Support for Forms Products
    2.5.4      Specifying Suffixes for More than One Installation of This Version of DEC DATATRIEVE
    2.5.5      Defining the DEC DATATRIEVE Remote Server
    2.5.6      Creating a DCL Command File for New Users
    2.5.7      Installing Shared Images
    2.5.8      Installing Plot Definitions and Optional Material
    2.5.9      Purging Files
    2.5.10     Running the IVP

  2.6     Finishing the Installation

  3      Postinstallation Considerations

  3.1     Updating SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP.COM

  3.2     VAXcluster Considerations (VAX Only)

  3.3     Moving the DEC DATATRIEVE Environment Between Operating Systems

  3.4     Updating Process Command Tables

  3.5     Online DEC DATATRIEVE Object Library

  3.6     DECnet Considerations
    3.6.1      Defining a DECnet Object
    3.6.2      Creating a Default DECnet Account for Distributed Access

  3.7     Maintaining User-Defined Functions

  3.8     Deleting Unused Files for DEC DATATRIEVE DECwindows Motif Support

  3.9     Getting Help and Reporting Problems

  4      User Environment Test Packages

  4.1     Invoking DEC DATATRIEVE

  4.2     DEC DATATRIEVE UETP

  4.3     DEC DATATRIEVE Graphics UETP

  4.4     DEC DATATRIEVE and Oracle CODASYL DBMS UETP

  4.5     DEC DATATRIEVE and Oracle Rdb UETP

  4.6     DEC DATATRIEVE and Forms UETP

  5      DEC DATATRIEVE CBT Installation (VAX Only)

  A   Sample Installation Session (VAX Only)

  B   Sample Installation Session (AXP Only)