DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide

DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide
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Additional Documentation

This section lists resources that contain information that is supplemental to this guide.

Related Reading

The DataBlade Module Development Overview provides for a topic-to-title and title-to-topic reference, which includes the following manuals:

Extending INFORMIX-Universal Server: Data Types
Extending INFORMIX-Universal Server: User-Defined Routines
Informix Guide to SQL: Reference
DataBlade API Programmer's Manual
INFORMIX-ESQL/C Programmer's Manual
INFORMIX-Universal Server Administrator's Guide

DataBlade Module Installation and Registration Guide

For information on ActiveX and COM, consider the following books:

ActiveX Controls Inside Out, Second Edition, by Adam Denning (Microsoft Press, 1997)
Essential COM, by Don Box (Addison-Wesley, 1998)
Inside COM, by Dale Rogerson (Microsoft Press, 1997)

The Informix Developer Network

The Informix Developer Network Web site contains numerous white papers, code examples, and tips for creating DataBlade modules:

http://www.informix.com/idn

On-Line Documentation

The DataBlade Developers Kit includes:

on-line help.
the DataBlade Developers Kit InfoShelf.
on-line manuals.
release notes and documentation notes.

On-Line Help

The BladeSmith, BladePack, and BladeManager graphical user interfaces include context-sensitive help that provides overview and detailed reference information for these programs.

The DataBlade Developers Kit InfoShelf

The DataBlade Developers Kit InfoShelf can be launched from the BladeSmith Help menu or started independently from the Informix program group.

The DataBlade Developers Kit InfoShelf provides this manual and the following information in HTML format:

On-Line Manuals

All the DataBlade Developers Kit manuals are also provided on the Answers OnLine CD in Adobe PDF format so that you can view and search for information on-line. For searches, you can specify a word or phrase and specify which manuals you want to search. You can also place electronic annotations and bookmarks on pages of particular interest to you. The pages you view and print from the on-line manuals on the CD have the same layout and design as the printed manuals.

Release Notes and Documentation Notes

The following on-line release notes and documentation notes, which you can access by clicking their icons in the INFORMIX program group, supplement the information provided in this manual.


On-Line File	Purpose
dbdkdoc.txt	Describes features that are not covered in the manuals or that have been modified since publication.
dbdkrel.txt	Describes feature differences from earlier versions of Informix products and how these differences might affect current products. This file also contains information about any known problems and their workarounds.

These files are located in the %INFORMIXDIR%\release directory under the subdirectory for your locale. Please examine these files because they contain vital information about application and performance issues.

DataBlade Developers Kit User's Guide, version 3.6
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