Software Version Information
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This document reffers to version 6.3 of the ODBCCPY6 program dated 
2000-01-10.


Odbccpy Program Overview
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The program copies and replicates data between tables in ODBC 
accessible databases . Replication is a copying process where only 
changed data are transferred. Replication greatly reduces execution 
time when only minor parts of the data need to be updated and allows 
synchronization of database tables in an efficient manner without 
deleting and rewriting the whole table. The program also allows you to 
perform updates to tables. In this mode, new rows are added and changed 
records are updated, but no records are deleted from the target table.

The copy function of the program makes it a nice tool when moving data 
from one database to another. The databases can be on the workstation 
or on the same or different servers.

The program contains a timer function allowing synchronization of data 
to be scheduled at fixed intervals (for instance each night or each 
weekend).

The program lets you perform character set translation and text 
replacement on a field-by-field basis.

Several user exist allow you to modify execution behavior. A powerful 
automation language is available for users with special needs. A 
complete language reference manual is included in the installation 
package.

On NT platforms, the program can be run as a Service. In this mode, the 
program can be set up to start automatically when the system is booted.

The program runs only on Windows95/98 and Windows NT 4.0 and later 
systems. Windows 3.0, 3.1 and NT 3.51 are not supported.

The shareware version of the ODBCCPY program has a requester asking you 
if you want to continue every so often. In addition, some NT service 
functions are not supported. Otherwise the unlicensed version is 
identical to the licensed version of the program (see the Ordering and 
Licensing Information ). You must license the full version of the 
program from ISS Data if you want the requester removed. Please also 
see the copyright notice and Disclamer at the back of this document.

Two licensed versions of the program exist: The standard edition and 
the advanced edition . The difference is that source code is included 
with the advanced edition, which also has a higher price and requires a 
special license . The Odbccpy program is written in the automation 
language detailed in the reference manual included in the installation 
package.


Odbccopy program installation
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To execute the Odbccpy program your system must meet the following 
requirements:

  1. Your operating system must be either Windows 95/98 or NT 4.0 or 
     higher. IpRun will not run on any 16-bit Windows platform nor or 
     NT 3.51. Please note that regardless of the name Windows 2000 
     systems behave as Windows NT and not as Windows 95/98.
  2. You must have some standard DLL files installed on your system. 
     The IpRun installation program will add these files to your system 
     if they are not already there (for details, see the IpRun 
     installation guide).

To install the Odbccpy program you must execute the setup program named 
IDODC6xx.exe (where xx is a release number) Follow the onscreen 
prompts. You may have received the program as a self-extracting file. 
In that case simply execute the self-extracting file and follow the 
onscreen prompts


Installation problems

The following problems have been known to occur when installing ODBCCPY 
V6:

  1. IpRunDll.dll fails to register during installation .
     This is typically due to outdated versions of the OLE DLL files 
     (ole32.dll etc). One simple way to upgrade your system is to 
     install the Internet Explorer v4 or later. But you can also 
     upgrade your DLL files in other ways (like installing DCOM). See 
     the Microsoft website for details. Newer systems should not have 
     this problem.
  2. Missing DLL files.
     Again, this is a problem with old systems. The only thing to do is 
     to get hold of the DLL files. ODBCCOPY and IpRun does only use 
     standard Microsoft DLL files, so all files should be free and 
     readily available on the Internet.


Copyright information
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The Odbccpy program is the property of and copyrighted by

   * ISS Data A/S
     Rentemestervej 60-62
     DK-2400 Copenhagen NV
     Denmark
    
     Phone: + 45 38 17 17 17
     Fax: + 45 38 88 26 29
     E-mail: info@iss-data.dk
