Distributing Pervasive PSQL Applications

If you plan to develop an application using a Pervasive PSQL database engine, you need to be aware of the following requirements for distributing your applications:

Distribution Rules for Pervasive PSQL Client/Server and Workstation Engines

Registering Pervasive PSQL ActiveX Files

Installing Pervasive PSQL with your Application

Distribution Rules for Pervasive PSQL Client/Server and Workstation Engines

After you have developed an application with Pervasive PSQL, you must be aware of the licensing agreement you have with Pervasive to distribute your product.

Client/Server Applications

When you are ready to distribute your client/server application, you need a license for only the targeted number of users per server.

Workgroup Applications

After you have developed your application, you are authorized only to distribute the specified number of user counts you purchase for a single end user. You cannot split the quantity of user counts to more than one end user.

If you have any questions regarding your distribution rights, please contact you Pervasive sales representative.

Registering Pervasive PSQL ActiveX Files

The following table includes the files required to run your application built with Pervasive's ActiveX interface:

Table 7-2 Redistributable Files
File	Location	Description
ACBTR732.OCX	System directory	Pervasive PSQL Data Source Control
ACCTR732.OCX	System directory	Pervasive PSQL Bound Controls
PEDTCONV.DLL	System directory	Data conversion DLL
PBTRVD32.DLL	System directory	Meta data handling DLL
SBTRV32.DLL	System directory	IDS communication DLL
SWCOMP32.DLL	System directory	Data compression DLL

Once you have distributed Pervasive PSQL ActiveX files and the required DLLs, you must register the ActiveX files so that they function correctly. There are two ways you can register these files:

Many current installation utilities, such as InstallShield, can be modified to automatically register ActiveX controls during the installation process (for more information, refer to the documentation for your particular installation utility).

Another way to register ActiveX controls is to install the redistributable file REGSVR32.EXE and run it during (or after) the installation process. This is a simple ActiveX registration utility that takes the name of the ActiveX to be registered as a command-line parameter (e.g., REGSVR32 C:\MyInstall\ACBTR732.OCX).

Installing Pervasive PSQL with your Application

Refer to the Installation Toolkit Handbook for information on customizing the Pervasive PSQL installation.