ActiveX Interface for ObjectStore

Preface

Purpose

ActiveX Interface for ObjectStore describes how to install and use the ActiveX Interface for ObjectStore (OSAX) Release 3.0 on a Windows NT or Windows 95B system.

Audience

This book is primarily intended for developers who will build OSAX object servers for accessing ObjectStore databases. It assumes that the developer is familiar with ObjectStore and Visual C++. This book (especially Chapter 1) is also intended for client-side users who want to access the database as ActiveX clients. They should be familiar with either Visual Basic or a scripting language that interacts with ActiveX.

Scope

This document provides all the necessary information for installing OSAX Release 3.0 and for building an OSAX object server.

How This Book Is Organized

The first chapter provides an overview of the product and its main features, describes how to install OSAX. The later chapters describe how to build OSAX object servers.

Notation Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:


Convention	Meaning
Bold	Bold typeface indicates user input or code.
Italic sans serif	Italic sans serif typeface indicates a variable for which you must supply a value. This most often appears in a syntax line or table.
Italic serif	In text, italic serif typeface indicates the first use of an important term.
[ ]	Brackets enclose optional arguments.
{ a \| b \| c }	Braces enclose two or more items. You can specify only one of the enclosed items. Vertical bars represent OR separators. For example, you can specify a or b or c.
...	Three consecutive periods indicate that you can repeat the immediately previous item. In examples, they also indicate omissions.

Internet Sources of More Information

World Wide Web

Object Design's support organization provides a number of information resources. These are available to you through a Web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape. You can obtain information by accessing the Object Design home page with the URL http://www.odi.com. Select Technical Support. Select Support Communications for detailed instructions about different methods of obtaining information from support.

Internet gateway

You can obtain such information as frequently asked questions (FAQs) from Object Design's Internet gateway machine as well as from the Web. This machine is called ftp.odi.com and its Internet address is 198.3.16.26. You can use ftp to retrieve the FAQs from there. Use the login name odiftp and the password obtained from patch-info. This password also changes monthly, but you can automatically receive the updated password by subscribing to patch-info. See the README file for guidelines for using this connection. The FAQs are in the subdirectory ./FAQ. This directory contains a group of subdirectories organized by topic. The file ./FAQ/FAQ.tar.Z is a compressed tar version of this hierarchy that you can download.

Automatic email notification

In addition to the previous methods of obtaining Object Design's latest patch updates (available on the ftp server as well as the Object Design Support home page), you can now automatically be notified of updates. To subscribe, send email to patch-info-request@odi.com with the keyword SUBSCRIBE patch-info <your siteid> in the body of your email. This will subscribe you to Object Design's patch information server daemon that automatically provides site access information and notification of other changes to the online support services. Your site ID is listed on any shipment from Object Design, or you can contact your Object Design Sales Administrator for the site ID information.

Training

If you are in North America, for information about Object Design's educational offerings, or to order additional documents, call 781.674.5000, Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM Eastern Time. You can reach the Education Hotline at 781.674.5047.

If you are outside North America, call your Object Design sales representative.

Your Comments

Object Design welcomes your comments about ObjectStore documentation. Send your feedback to support@odi.com. To expedite your message, begin the subject with Doc:. For example:

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You can also fax your comments to 781.674.5440.

ActiveX Interface for ObjectStore

Release 3.0, March 1998

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