DataBlade Module Installation and Registration Guide Introduction

This guide explains how to install DataBlade modules and how to use BladeManager to manage them in Informix databases. BladeManager is an application that runs on client computers and requires a connection to Informix Dynamic Server 2000.

The DataBlade Module Installation and Registration Guide includes the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Installing DataBlade Modules, describes how to install DataBlade modules.
• Chapter 2, Registering with the BladeManager Graphical User Interface, describes how to use the graphical user interface to BladeManager.
• Chapter 3, Registering with the BladeManager Command-Line Interface, describes how to use the command-line interface to BladeManager.
• Appendix A, Troubleshooting Registration Problems, describes potential problems with registering your DataBlade module and offers solutions.
• An index directs you to areas of particular interest.

This manual is for database administrators who install and register DataBlade modules for use in a database. It is also for DataBlade module developers who register DataBlade modules during development.

This manual describes Version 4.0 of BladeManager. BladeManager requires Informix Dynamic Server and the Informix Client Software Developer's Kit. See the BladeManager Read Me First sheet for version compatibility and system requirements.

BladeManager is available as both a graphical user interface and a command-line interface.

The BladeManager graphical user interface runs on personal computers with Intel processors running Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 operating systems.

The BladeManager command-line interface runs on both Windows and UNIX computers.