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==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
}}}
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# 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
}}}
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# 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.
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# Expand the Tools menu.
# Select Data Dictionary.
# Use the Data Dictionary Tables list box to view the tables in the database.
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# Close the Data Dictionary view.
# Type a {{{SELECT}}} statement in the main body of the Procedure Editor.
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# Expand the Compile menu.
# Select Run.
# Confirm that the expected result set is returned.
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