DIGITAL

Read Before Installing: Digital Application Generator V3.0

ACMSxp Server for Windows NT

ACMSxp Server for OpenVMS

ACMS Server for OpenVMS

AV-R07RA-TE

Description

The Digital Application Generator, formerly known as DECAD-
MIRE[TM], is an application development environment that gener-
ates high-performance commercial applications. Rapid application
development methodologies (prototyping, code templates, screen
and code generation) are used to build reliable client/server,
ODBC, OLE, and Transaction Processing production applications

Digital Application Generator gives application developers
access to a rich development environment based on the Windows
NT[TM] or Windows 95[TM] operating system. By extending the
easy-to-use features of Microsoft[R] Visual Basic[R] (VB), the
Application Generator allows developers in large workgroups
and enterprise-wide development environments to design, define,
prototype, generate, and test two-tier and three-tier client
/server applications cost-effectively and efficiently. From
one design, applications can be generated which scale with the
demands of the business, from ODBC solutions to complete 2-tier
and 3-tier client/server systems.

The transaction processing (TP) Server add-ons give the Appli-
cation Generator the ability to generate transaction processing
code for Digital's flagship TP monitor products: ACMSxp and
ACMS. With this additional code generation capability, the Dig-
ital Application Generator can generate TP application code
to satisfy the demands of the most complex and heavily used
applications.

Installation Information

Read the README.TXT file, and this Read Before Installing (RBI)
letter for specifics on any restrictions and how they may apply
to your environment.

Refer to the Digital Application Generator Version 3.0 VB Devel-
opment for Windows Software Product Description (SPD 56.32.xx)
for more more details and a complete list of the products that
are compatible with the Digital Application Generator V3.0 TP
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Product Key Information

If you are installing a TP Server for Windows NT, the instal-
lation procedure will ask you to enter a Product Key number.
Your product key number is located on a label attached to the
software license contained in the kit.

If you are installing a TP Server for OpenVMS, you will need to
use the License Management Facility (LMF) to enter the Product
Authorization Key (PAK) data that is included in the kit before
beginning the installation.

Read Me

The Read Me information, along with this RBI letter contain a
summary of the known problems, restrictions, incompatibilities,
and installation-related instructions. To look at the Read Me
information, before you install a TP Server, copy the README.TXT
file from the installation media.

After you install the TP Server you can find the Read Me infor-
mation (release notes) as an icon in the Application Generator
program group.

Kit Contents

The Digital Application Generator V3.0 TP Server kit contains
the following:

o  Read Before Installing

o  Resource Roadmap

o  Computer-Based Tutorial (online only)

o  Getting Started Step-by-Step

o  Help System (online only)

o  User's Guide

o  Application Code Reference

o  Software Product Description

o  Digital Application Generator V3.0 TP Server software

o  Software license

The documentation for the Digital Application Generator is
provided online with this kit. Each TP Server license kit also
contains a set of hardcopy documentation. Additional sets of the
hardcopy documentation may be ordered separately.

Application Development

To give our customers the most flexibility, the PC-based devel-
opment kit was released as a self-contained environment.

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One of the features of the Digital Application Generator is
that developers may scale the application for a large number
of users by generating their design as a transaction processing
application. The transaction processing server enclosed (ACMSxp
on Windows NT, ACMSxp on OpenVMS, and ACMS on OpenVMS) adds
additional code generation features to the product. These add-on
options enable developers to choose only the deployment features
that they require.

With this TP Server add-on installed, you may select either ODBC
or Transaction Processing for deployment when you create a new
Project in the Application Generator.










































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Trademarks

The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation:
ACMS, ACMS Desktop, ACMSxp, DECADMIRE, DECforms, OpenVMS, and
VAX.

Windows, Microsoft, and Visual Basic are registered trademarks
of Microsoft Corporation. Windows NT and Windows 95 are trade-
marks of Microsoft Corporation.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Oracle
Rdb and Oracle CDD are trademarks of Oracle Corporation.

While Digital believes the information included in this letter
is correct as of the date produced, it is subject to change
without notice.




































 ©Digital Equipment Corporation. July 1996. All Rights Reserved.

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