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Preface

BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials integrates Oracle applications with BEA eLink Platform applications.

Purpose of This Document

This guide describes the eLink Adapter component and gives instructions for using the tool for data format conversion. It contains instructions for installing and using the eLink Adapter component and explains how this component fits into the BEA Tuxedo environment.

Who Should Read This Document

This document is intended for system administrators who will install the eLink Adapter on various platforms, as well as programmers who will configure the eLink Adapter and set up eLink Platform services to execute information transfers with Oracle. This guide assumes knowledge of BEA Tuxedo and Oracle products.

How This Document Is Organized

The BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials User Guide is organized as follows:

- BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials Overview introduces the eLink Adapter component and explains how eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials fits into the BEA Tuxedo environment.

- Installing BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials explains how to install the eLink Adapter component.

- Configuring BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials provides information for configuring the eLink Adapter, BEA Tuxedo servers, and Oracle.

- Running BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials provides information about booting the BEA Tuxedo server.

- Error Messages describes error and informational messages as well as actions to resolve the errors.

How to Use The Documentation

The Documentation CDROM, included in the package with your product software CDROM, contains both an HTML version of this guide and a PDF version. The HTML version should be viewed as an online browseable document. The PDF version should be used for printing.

Online Document Considerations

This guide is designed primarily as an online, hypertext guide. If you are reading it as a paper publication, to get full use from this guide you should install and access it as an online document. (Information on how to install the online documentation is available in the BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials Release Notes.)

Note: The online documentation requires a Web browser that supports HTML 3.0. Netscape Navigator 2.02 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later.

Opening the information Center in a Web Browser

To access the on-line version of this documentation, open the following HTML file in a Web browser:

>     http://(directory path to eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials HTML files)/index.htm

Printing the PDF File

You must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the PDF file. If you do not have this reader, you can obtain it free of charge from the Adobe Systems Incorporated homesite at www.adobe.com. (Please note that the BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials Information Center contains a hot link to this site.)

Printing from a Web Browser

You can print a hard-copy version of this document, one file at a time, from the Web browser. Before you print, make sure that the chapter or appendix you want is displayed and selected in your browser. (To select a file, click anywhere inside the frame you want to print. If your browser offers a Print Preview feature, you can use it to verify which file you are about to print.)

Document Conventions

The following documentation conventions are used throughout this document:

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Item | Examples
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Variable names | Variable names represent information you must supply or output information that can change; they are intended to be replaced by actual names. Variable names are displayed in italics and can include hyphens or underscores. The following are examples of variable names in text: error_file_name The when-return value...
> User input and screen output | For screen displays and other examples of input and output, user input appears as in the first of the following lines; system output appears as in the second through fourth lines:
>     dir c:\accounting\data
Volume in drive C is WIN_NT_1 Volume Serial Number is 1234-5678 Directory of C:\BEADIR\DATA
Syntax | Code samples can include the following elements: Variable names can include hyphens or underscores (e.g., error_file_name) Optional items are enclosed in square brackets: [ ]. If you include an optional item, do not code the square brackets. A required element for which alternatives exist is enclosed in braces {}. The alternatives are separated by the pipe (vertical bar) character: |. You must include only one of the alternatives for that element. Do not code the braces or pipe character. An ellipsis ( ... ) indicates that the preceding element can be repeated as necessary.
Omitted code | An ellipsis ( ... ) is used in examples to indicate that code that is not pertinent to the discussion is omitted. The ellipsis can be horizontal or vertical.
Environment variables | Environment variables are formatted in an uppercase font. ENVFILE=${APPDIR}
Key names | Key names are presented in boldface type. Press Enter to continue.
Literals | Literals are formatted in a monospace font. class extendSample
Window items | Window items are presented in boldface type. Window items can be window titles, button labels, text edit box names or other parts of the window. Type your password in the Logon window. Select Export to make the service available to the client.

BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials Documentation

The eLink Adapter documentation consists of the following items:

- BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials User Guide

- BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials Release Notes

BEA Publications

The following BEA publications are also available:

- BEA Tuxedo Application Development Guide

- BEA Tuxedo Programmer's Guide

- BEA Tuxedo Reference Guide

Contact Information

The following sections provide information about how to obtain support for the documentation and software.

Documentation Support

If you have questions or comments on the documentation, you can contact the BEA Information Engineering Group by e-mail at docsupport@beasys.com (For information about how to contact Customer Support, refer to the following section.)

Customer Support

If you have any questions about this version of BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials, or if you have problems installing and running BEA eLink Adapter for Oracle Financials, contact BEA Customer Support through BEA WebSupport at www.beasys.com. You can also contact Customer Support by using the contact information provided on the Customer Support Card, which is included in the product package.

When contacting Customer Support, be prepared to provide the following information:

- Your name, e-mail address, phone number, and fax number

- Your company name and company address

- Your machine type and authorization codes

- The name and version of the products you are using

- A description of the problem and the content of pertinent error messages

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