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About This Guide

# About This Guide

This guide provides instructions for installing and configuring BEA eLink Adapter for PeopleSoft. It is intended for system managers with the responsibility of installing products in the UNIX or Windows NT environment and configuration of layered products. While this guide attempts to provide step-by-step details of the configuration of eLink Adapter for PeopleSoft, it is intended for the experienced eLink Adapter for PeopleSoft consultant.

## Prerequisite Skills

Users of this guide are expected to have the following skill set in order to understand the context of the information:

- PeopleTools use, including the creation and definition of records, panels, panel groups, menus, menu items, business processes, activities, and message definitions.

- TUXEDO FML buffer definition.

- System management knowledge of BEA TUXEDO.

- A general understanding of the Windows NT operating system and DOS shell commands.

- A general understanding of the UNIX operating system and UNIX commands.

- A familiarity with BEA TUXEDO and PeopleSoft programming.

  ## Prerequisite Software

  Before starting the eLink adapter for PeopleSoft installation be sure that the following software is properly installed:

  - PeopleSoft 7.5 or greater (three-tier mode.)

  - PeopleTools 7.56 or later

  - TUXEDO 6.4 or greater.

  ## Documentation

  This document, the BEA eLink Adapter for PeopleSoft User Guide, is designed primarily as an online document. If you are reading this as a paper publication, note that to get full use from this document you should install and access it as an online HTML document.

  ### TUXEDO Documentation

  The following BEA publications may be helpful:

  TUXEDO System 6 Reference Manual

  TUXEDO System 6 Programmer's Guide, Volumes 1 and 2

  ### Other Publications

  For more information about TUXEDO technology, refer to the following books:

  The TUXEDO System (Andrade, Carges, Dywer, Felts)

  TUXEDO: An Open Approach to OLTP (Primatesta)

  Building Client/Server Applications Using TUXEDO (Hall)

  For more information about PeopleSoft technology, refer to the following books:

  PeopleSoft 7.5 People Books

  ## 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.

  ### Customer Support

  If you have any questions about this version of BEA eLink Adapter for PeopleSoft, or if you have problems installing and running BEA eLink Adapter for PeopleSoft, 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 product you are using

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

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