Installing a Client under Windows

This section decribes how to install the Entire Access client component under Windows. It covers the following topics:

The client installation is not necessary if a complete server installation has been performed.


Before You Install

Please read the following information, before you proceed with the installation:

Client and Server Versions

See Client and Server Versions in the section Installing a Server under Linux.

Client Hardware Requirements

The following are the minimum hardware requirements for using Entire Access:

  • 512 MB of RAM,

  • about 10 MB of available hard-disk space (if all options are installed).

Other Software Requirements for Clients

The following products and versions are required in order to use Entire Access:

  • For Natural clients, Natural Version 8.4 is recommended.

  • For remote access, TCP/IP is required on both the client machine and the server machine.

In some cases, you can use third-party network products in conjunction with the ODBC driver. See the section Remote Data Access Using Third-Party Network Products.

Installation Procedure

Installation Prerequisites

Prerequisite is a full installation of Entire Access available on either a Linux or a Windows platform. A full installation of Entire Access includes an Entire Access Windows client.

Installation

Copy the file OXCvnnnn.zip from the directory <EntireAccessInstallFolder>/OXC of your Entire Access full installation to your target Windows machine. Extract the files from the zip archive into the /BIN directory where Natural has been installed.

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