Re: I-NET for Windows 95

Ron_Zayac@weldwood.com wrote: > > Has anyone been able to get a 32 bit version of I-NET for windows working on Windows 95 machines? We have software that requires 32 bit ODBC and our > corporate desktop OS is Windows 95 (ya.... ya.....I know). We have managed to configure the 16 bit version of I-NET to work with Windows 95 but this is not > sufficient. > > Platform Information: > > PC Side Database Side > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Petium 120's Sun SPARC 10 > 32 MB RAM 64 MB RAM > Windows 95 Solaris 2.4 > I-NET for Windows (5.01.WF2) Informix SE (7.11.UC1) > Intersolv ODBC (16 or 32 bit) I-NET TCP/IP (5.01.UC1) > > I have spoken to a number of people at Informix and they have not been able to answer my questions. It seems that a 32 bit version of I-NET for Windows 95 wil > be available until Q4 this year as it is being developed in conjunction with the next version of New Era. As I recall, Windows 95 was released in Q4 of last y > seems that someone at Informix dropped the ball big time on this one. > > Thanks for any help........RZ Okely, dokely! I have three disks in my possession, INFORMIX I-NET FOR NT 5.01.TE1 (part of ESQL/C for NT disk 3/3) Intersolv Datadirect ODBC Driver Pack Windows NT / WIN95 Single Driver License (2 disks) Install I-NET for NT on your Windows 95 machine using normal setup routine. -- You are responsible for your network config, etc. blah blah blah Configure using SETNET.EXE Test Database connection using ILOGIN.EXE Install ODBC using other two disks - select INFORMIX 2.11 32 bit driver Configure ODBC driver - usual routine again Voila! It works. Fire up Excel 7 (or your choice of WIN 95 application - MS Query 2.0) Choose get external data Use MS Query to build query (I made a really large one that I knew would take a while to run) Choose return data to excel Presto! I can even work in another program whilst query runs. INFORMIX does not support the I-NET for NT on Windows 95, yeah sure, but then again, how many people actually get support from INFORMIX? Sounds like a 'cover-your-butt' response to me ;) I have two clients using it now, no complaints so far. You'll need to order these through your regular channels. (If you have Intersolv already, should be no problem) After all that exercise, NewEra still won't work 100% on Win95. -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Kelly S. Loyd - Kinetic Analyst - Mail: kellyl@wacher.com.au Tel: +61 49 29 5453 | | Wacher Computing Solutions 4/227 Darby Street, Newcastle NSW 2300 Australia | | "When constabulary duties' to be done, to be done, A Policemans lot is not a happy one." | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+