Configure Progress Client Networking (Windows) Use the following instructions to test the functionality of your Progress Client Networking or Progress SQL Access on Windows operating systems: Log in to the machine that contains your Progress client software. Open Notepad. Enter the following lines into Notepad, substituting your local values for the placeholders: -S <Progress Service Name or port number> -H <Progress hostname or IP address> -N tcp -db <your target database name> For example: -S pro91d -H machine.example.com -N tcp -db isports or -S 6105 -H 192.168.123.231 -N tcp -db sports92

Name the file progressconnect.pf and save it to C:\temp. Exit Notepad. Open an MS-DOS command prompt. cd into the bin sub-directory of your Progress installation. Run the following command: prowin32 -pf C:\temp\progressconnect.pf

Wait for the following dialog box to appear. Provide a username and password for your database if required. Click OK. Wait for the Procedure Editor window to appear.

Expand the Tools menu. Select Data Dictionary. Use the Data Dictionary Tables list box to view the tables in the database.

Close the Data Dictionary view. Type a SELECT statement in the main body of the Procedure Editor.

Expand the Compile menu. Select Run. Confirm that the expected result set is returned.

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