1.2 Product Requirements

To interface your COBOL data to a Windows application through AcuODBC, you must have the following:

• Microsoft Windows 95, 98, or ME, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000.
• ODBC Data Source Administrator Version 3.5 or later. (Part of the Windows operating system. This is automatically updated during AcuODBC installation if an earlier version is detected.)
• ODBC Driver Manager Version 3.5 or later. (Part of the Windows operating system. This is automatically updated during AcuODBC installation if an earlier version is detected.)
• ACUCOBOL-GT indexed or relative data files. (Data files must be created with ACUCOBOL-GT Version 4.0 or later.) AcuODBC supports the single-file format of ACUCOBOL-GT's indexed file system, Vision Version 2 and 3, as well as the dual-file format of Acucorp's newest file system, Vision Version 4.
• Data dictionary files (also called .XFD files) created with ACUCOBOL-GT Version 4.0 or later (for Vision file access) or Version 4.1 or later (for relative file access). Data dictionary files are created at compile time with the "-Fx" or "-Fxa" options, and are discussed in section 6.2 "XFD Files".
• AcuServer(TM) networking software if data will reside on a remote UNIX or Intel-based Windows NT server. AcuServer is a separate Acucorp product.