About This Manual

This manual describes how to install INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect. You should read this manual and the release notes before beginning the installation.

To use this manual, you should be familiar with your workstation's operating system. For information regarding your file system and windowing environment, see your operating system documentation.

This section discusses the organization of the manual, the intended audience, and the associated software products you must have to install and use Universal Web Connect.

Organization of This Manual

This manual contains the following sections:

This introduction provides an overview of the manual, describes the documentation conventions used, and explains the generic style of this documentation.
Chapter 1, "Preparing to Install," describes the contents of the Universal Web Connect application package and the tasks you must perform before you install Universal Web Connect.
Chapter 2, "Installing INFORMIX-Universal Web Connect Products," describes the steps of the installation procedure.
Chapter 3, "Configuring the Completed Installation," describes postinstallation configuration tasks.

Types of Users

This manual is written for database administrators or Web site administrators who will install Universal Web Connect.

Software Dependencies

To use Universal Web Connect with other Informix products, you must be using Informix Dynamic Server, Version 7.x, as your database server. You must be using INFORMIX-ESQL/C, Version 7.23, connectivity software on your UNIX system. Check your release notes for the database server, Web server, Web browser, and operating system versions that have been certified for this release.

See "Verifying Hardware and Software Requirements" for additional requirements for the Universal Web Connect product components.

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