Appgen

umask setting for .bashrc

When adding a new user, the .bashrc file that is created in the user's directory is copied from /etc/skel/.bashrc.
It most important for Appgen users, that a umask setting is added to the /etc/skel/.bashrc

  • umask 000

To run Development System utility from any directory

If you've tried running the development system command demo ag from your current directory and it does not run, you must take these steps to setup the utility for that directory.

  • Enter run ag to start the setup procedure
  • Select Utilities
  • Select System Installation
  • Select Create Development Environment
  • Enter the pathname where you wish to install the demo ag utility, example: /usr/appgen/AR
  • Press return to any prompt concerning a file already in place
  • Exit out
  • Type demo ag to start the development system

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Starting the ODBC daemon

The daemon can't be added to the normal Linux boot procedure because it has to be started by a specific login. After your system has been rebooted, from your Windows PC, do the following to restart the ODBC daemon.

  • Click on Start button
  • Click on Run
  • Enter telnet linux
  • Click on OK
  • Enter dharma as login name
  • Enter the password for dharma For security reasons it is not listed here. If you don't know you will have to call us.
  • Enter startodbc Should get a message that the daemon is running.
  • Enter exit

For your information, startodbc is a script that executes the following command...

  • /usr/appgen/bin/dhdaemon -e dhserver start

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Assign Company Number for ODBC

The following will assign a company number to an ODBC database.

  • Create a new database for desired company by running the development system from the appgen.dbs directory
  • Run Option 6 on the Main Menu
  • Exit appgen
  • Copy the following from the appgen.dbs directory...
    • AG-ODBCCOLX
    • AG-ODBCTBLS
    • AG-ODBCTEMP
    • AG-TBLNAMES
    • AG-ODBCCOLS
    • AG-ODBCDBS
    • AG-ODBCTBLX
  • Move the script odbccomp and PDEF.ODBCCOMP into the *.dbs directory that was just created
  • Run the odbccomp script and enter desired company number
  • Run ag-makedbs in the new directory

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