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- PARADOX 4.0 RUNTIME: ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS
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-
- This file provides answers to questions commonly asked about Paradox 4.0.
- Runtime. All information in this file supersedes information in the Paradox
- Runtime documentation.
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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-
- 1. Executing Runtime Applications under Windows
- 2. Executing Multiple Runtime Applications Concurrently under Windows
- 3. Executing Runtime Applications under OS/2
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-
- 1. EXECUTING RUNTIME APPLICATIONS UNDER WINDOWS
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-
- Q. How do I execute Paradox Runtime applications under Microsoft Windows?
-
- A. Each Runtime application must have an individual .PIF file to run under
- Windows. To create a .PIF file for an application, modify the PDOXRUN.PIF
- file that is installed in your PDOXRUN directory using the following
- instructions:
-
- 1) Create a copy of PDOXRUN.PIF for your application. For example, if
- your script is called VIDEO.SC, then enter the DOS command:
-
- COPY PDOXRUN.PIF VIDEO.PIF
-
- 2) Start Windows and launch the Windows PIF Editor from the Program
- Manager.
-
- 3) Open the file you created in the first step by using the File|Open
- command.
-
- 4) In the Program Filename type-in box, enter the full path of
- PDOXRUN.EXE. For example, if you are using the default directory, enter
-
- C:\PDOXRUN\PDOXRUN.EXE
-
- 5) In the Window Title type-in box, enter the name of the program as you
- want it to appear to your users. For example, you could enter the title
-
- Video Application
-
- 6) In the Optional Parameters type-in box, enter the amount of memory you
- want your application to use and the name of the script you want to
- execute. For example, to run the Video application with 2048 Kb of
- memory, enter
-
- -extk 2048 VIDEO
-
- By default, the amount of memory is set to 2048 Kb. Specifying
- additional memory will increase the performance of your application but
- decrease the amount of memory available for other Windows applications.
-
- 7) In the Start-up Directory type-in box, enter the full path of your
- application directory. For example, if the Video application is in
- a subdirectory under the Runtime system, enter
-
- C:\PDOXRUN\VIDEO
-
- 8) Save the .PIF file by choosing File|Save. If you copied your .PIF file
- from PDOXRUN.PIF, you do not have to change any other settings.
-
-
- 2. EXECUTING MULTIPLE RUNTIME APPLICATIONS CONCURRENTLY UNDER WINDOWS
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-
- Q. Do I have to increase my user count to execute more than one Paradox
- Runtime application concurrently under Windows?
-
- A. You can execute more than one Runtime application concurrently under
- Windows without increasing your user count. Create a separate icon
- and .PIF file in the Program Manager for each application.
-
- If an application does not require user intervention, such as an
- application that prints a weekly report, you can edit the Execution
- section of its .PIF file to deselect the Exclusive check box and select
- the Background check box.
-
- Applications that access the same data concurrently must use network
- multi-user locking, even if the tables reside locally.
-
-
- 3. EXECUTING RUNTIME APPLICATIONS UNDER OS/2
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-
- Q. How do I execute Runtime applications under OS/2?
-
- A. Paradox Runtime requires OS/2 version 2.0 or greater. Use the following
- procedure to install and run Paradox Runtime under OS/2, version 2.0.
-
- 1) Install Paradox Runtime.
-
- a. Insert Disk 1 in drive A or B.
-
- b. Double-click on the OS/2 System Icon that appears.
-
- c. Double-click on Drives.
-
- d. Double-click on the disk drive object for the installed drive.
-
- e. Double-click on the INSTALL.EXE object.
-
- f. Follow the instructions that appear onscreen.
-
- 2) Create a DOS object for Paradox Runtime.
-
- a. From the OS/2 system prompt, change to the Paradox Runtime
- directory. For example, type
-
- CD \PDOXRUN
-
- b. From the OS/2 system prompt, enter the command
-
- PXRUNOS2
-
- c. When prompted, enter the path of the Paradox system files. For
- example, type
-
- \PDOXRUN
-
- A Desktop Object for Paradox Runtime will be created.
-
- d. Optionally, you can drag the object to a folder.
-
- 3) Execute a Runtime application.
-
- a. Drag a script file onto the new program object.
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