Contents

1. Installing and Upgrading the BEA TUXEDO System on Windows NT

Interoperability

Installing BEA TUXEDO for Windows NT

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Optional Software Recommendations

The Installation Process

BEA TUXEDO System Libraries

Logging in as Administrator

Types of Installation

Registry Contents

Using The Security Key to Restrict Access

How to Install the BEA TUXEDO System for Windows NT

How to Upgrade an Existing BEA TUXEDO System for Windows NT

Prerequisite

2. Differences Between Using the BEA TUXEDO System on UNIX and on Windows NT

Reference Materials

Windows NT Platform Considerations

Configuration Issues

Specifying Machine Type and User ID Numbers

Using Network Drives

Updating TxRPC

Using the Bankapp Driver

Starting BEA TUXEDO Applications Automatically

3. Configuring the BEA TUXEDO System for Windows NT

Reference Materials

Accessing the Control Panel Applet

Accessing Machines on a Network

Modifying Environment Variables

Directing BEA TUXEDO Messages to the Windows NT Event Log

Configuring tlisten Processes to Start Automatically

Maximizing System Performance

4. Developing a BEA TUXEDO Application on Windows NT

Introduction

For More Information

Development Tools

Using the buildserver and buildclient Commands

Adding BuildTuxedo to the MSDEV Tools Menu

Creating BEA TUXEDO Project Files

Setting Up Your Environment

How to Specify the Build Type, Header File, and Filename

How BuildTuxedo Uses the Header File

Specifying Services

How to Add or Edit Names on the Function Names List

How to Specify a Resource Manager

How to Debug a BEA TUXEDO Server Application

Developing a BEA TUXEDO Application Without Visual C++

The New Tuxdev Application

Installing Tuxdev

BEA TUXEDO Editors

Using the FML Table Editor

Accessing the FML Table Editor

Description of the FML Table Editor

Using the VIEW Table Editor

Accessing the VIEW Table Editor

Description of the VIEW Table Editor

Working in Multiple Documents Simultaneously

How the Editors Validate Entries

The FML Table Editor

The VIEW Table Editor