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Chapter 3: OpenEdge Installation Prerequisites
Note that the %DLC% variable is set in the various command scripts and in the
registry; the variable is not, and should not, be set at the system level. For
information about the %DLC% environment variable, see Chapter 7, “Working in the
OpenEdge Environment in Windows.”
• OpenEdge-install-dir — A more explicit reference to the directory location to
which your OpenEdge installation PATH occurs. The Windows environment
variable DLC is also used to create this location; the use of the phase
OpenEdge-install-dir is intended to be more self-explanatory than is the
reference %DLC%.
Table 17 describes a directory tree of the OpenEdge subdirectories.
Table 17: OpenEdge-install-dir (%DLC%) directory structure (1 of 3)
Directory name Description
actional Contains files that support the Actional client and container
auditing Contains object (.r), development, and environment (ADM2)
files for the Audit Policy Maintenance product
bin Contains the executable files for OpenEdge, such as PRODB. It
also contains batch files and system executables
certs Contains the public keys of the Certificate Authorities (CAs)
used by OpenEdge clients to perform server-side certificate
validation when communicating with secure Web servers using
HTTPS
dotnet Contains support files to develop and deploy the .NET client
esbadapter Contains the configuration and support code for the OpenEdge
Adapter for Sonic ESB
gui Contains object (.r), development, and environment (ADE) files
for the OpenEdge graphical tools—these tools are compiled to
run in graphical mode in Windows; they cannot run in a
character environment
help Includes the help and other necessary files for OpenEdge
include Contains C and C++ header files
install Contains Java tailoring classes that only the Installation Utility
uses. Also contains the automatically generated response.ini
file used in an OpenEdge silent installation
java Includes the Java files and executables necessary for running
OpenEdge products
javahelp Contains .jar files for the OpenEdge Application Debugger
jdk Contains the Java Development Kit files and executables
necessary for running OpenEdge products
jms Contains files to support client deployment of java messaging
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