Application Development

Chapter 2 . Understanding the Panther Distribution

The directory into which Panther software tools are installed is called the Panther installation directory and set in the machine's environment as SMBASE.

After installation, your Panther distribution can consist of the following directories:

bin—for JetNet, administrative executables; for COM, DLLs for COM component operations
comlink—for COM, files to rebuild the template DLL
config— configuration files
docs—Panther online documentation
include—header files
jdb— JDB libraries
lib—Panther libraries
licenses—license files
link— makefiles for recompiling the executables
locale—for JetNet distributions, localization of system messages
nls—files for Native Language Support
notes—release notes
samples— sample applications and the tutorial's setup files
udataobj— JetNet required files
util—Panther executables and utilities. For a more complete list of files in each directory, see the packlist.txt file located in the notes directory.

If you install Panther software on different machines, it is possible for each machine to have its own value for SMBASE. When you set the Panther installation directory for applications, be aware of which value is needed.