Contents of the medium
The READ_ME.ORA file on your media from Acucorp lists the files that are shipped with the product.
Installation of the product
The Oracle RDBMS, version 7.3.3 or higher must be installed and configured prior to the installation of Acu4GL for Oracle. Consult the Oracle documentation if you have any questions regarding this step.
Please note that the Acu4GL Version 5.0 Oracle product requires Oracle client software version 7.x on the client machine, but it can connect to Oracle server versions 7.3 and later.
This section details installation instructions for Acu4GL for Oracle on your Windows machine. UNIX installation instructions can be found in section C.2.2 "UNIX Installation and Setup" of this appendix.
Acu4GL for Oracle for 32-bit Windows and Oracle version 8.0
Acu4GL for Oracle for Windows 32-bit systems is a version 7.3.3 Oracle client application. If the Windows machine that you are installing Acu4GL on has the version 8.x Oracle client software installed, you will need to install some additional software. The following steps will allow you to run the Acu4GL for Oracle runtime on Windows 32-bit systems.
Install your Oracle 8 client software as directed by the Oracle documentation.
Run the Oracle install program again, but this time choose "Custom Install."
From the list of available product categories, choose "All Products."
From the list of products available, choose "Oracle networking products
2.3.4.x.x."
The above steps will install the version 2.3.4 of Oracle's SQL*Net onto your PC. This should not have any effect on applications that are based upon Oracle 8.
After you have installed the above software, you will need to create a database alias for use with Acu4GL for Oracle. Do not use the Oracle Net8 Assistant, because this does not provide the correct type of connection for Acu4GL for Oracle. Use the "SQL Net Easy Configuration" utility instead. The custom install process does not set up a Windows shortcut for this operation. You will need to run from the bin subdirectory of where you installed your Oracle 8 client software or set up a shortcut yourself.
For example, if you installed your Oracle 8 client software in the C:\ORAWIN95 directory, then open a DOS prompt and go to the directory C:\ORAWIN95\BIN.
Then issue the following command:
Orainst /install /prd c:\orawin95\network\cfg\
This will bring up the SQL Net Easy Configuration utility. You may now set up a database alias for use with Acu4GL as described above.
To install the Acu4GL product, perform the following steps:
CD-ROM installation
Instructions for installing your Acu4GL product from the ACUCOBOL-GT Development Suite CD-ROM are contained on the "Acucorp Product Installation Getting Started" card that accompanied the product. Please refer to it for installing the ACUCOBOL-GT Development Suite, which includes Acu4GL.
Once the installation is complete, please refer to this appendix for setting up your Acu4GL product.
Installation of the Acu4GL product from a diskette
If Oracle is not already on your system, install and configure Oracle version 7.3.3 before you install Acu4GL for Oracle.
To install Acu4GL for Oracle on your machine:
1. Initiate Windows.
2. Insert the first Acucorp diskette.
3. Click Start and select Run.
4. On the command line, type:
a:setup (or b:setup, if you're using the b: drive)
then press <Enter> or click OK and follow the onscreen instructions.