Micro Focus Object COBOL™ for UNIX®

Managing Application Server Licenses with AppTrack™

MERANT™

Issue 1a
August 1999

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Preface

This book describes how to use AppTrack to install and maintain Application Server Licenses.

Audience

This book is for:

• Programmers and system designers using Object COBOL for UNIX to create COBOL applications that are subsequently to be shipped to other UNIX systems

• Users of applications created with Object COBOL for UNIX by a third-party (if no license installation instructions have been provided)

It assumes you are familiar with the general concepts of business computing and of using and administering UNIX systems.

Related Publications

• The documentation set supplied with Micro Focus Object COBOL V4.1 for UNIX.

Notations and Conventions

• Enter refers to the carriage return or Enter key. Where commands to be typed are shown, the Enter key is not explicitly shown; it is treated as implicit that Enter must be pressed at the end of the line.

• Keytops and menu choices are emboldened within the text.

• In some environments, you might notice that what appears on your screen differs in minor ways (for example, version numbers) from that illustrated in this book. This will not affect the operation of your software.

• The keys described in this book are not available in all environments. When there is a reference to use of a key such as a status or function key, this refers to the logical press and release of this key, rather than physical keystroke. If your environment does not support the key given, please refer to your accompanying Release Notes for the equivalent key.

• The term "window" refers to a delineated area on the screen, normally smaller than the full screen. The term "Windows" refers to Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later.

The notation used to describe the format of command lines is as follows:

• Words printed in italics are generic terms representing names to be devised by you.

• Material enclosed in square brackets [ ] is optional.

• When material is enclosed in braces { }, you must choose from the options within them. If there is only one option in the braces, the braces indicate repetition.

• The ellipsis (. . .) follows { } or [ ] and means you can repeat the material in the { } or [ ]. The number of repetitions allowed is unlimited unless otherwise stated. If the ellipsis is used with [ ] the material can be omitted altogether.

• If a command line does not fit across the page, it is continued on the next line; the continuation line is indented.

• Command line options can be specified as /option or -option.