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Practical Tutorials Introduction

Welcome to this collection of LANDP Practical Tutorials.

The Tutorials are designed to help you get started with the LANDP environment. They gradually evolve from a beginners perspective to an advanced one, so whatever your previous experience of LANDP, you are sure to find the tutorials challenging, and learn from doing them.

They share the same format, conceived to make your navigation easier:

The Practical Tutorials are based on the Windows NT platform, but they are equally valid for any of the platforms that are supported in LANDP: DOS, Linux, OS/2, Windows 2000, Windows NT and Windows XP.

Occasionally you might be referred to one of the LANDP Manuals. Please bear in mind that whenever this happens you are being referred to the Version 6.0 Manuals.

The Tutorials are categorised in the following two lists, the first from a Beginners point of view, and the second from an Advanced point of view.

 

New to LANDP?

As a newcomer to LANDP you should first complete the How to Install and Configure LANDP: Installation and Customisation Tutorial. This will give you a comprehensive first contact with the product, and the basic skills you will need to complete any successful LANDP set-up.

We recommend you carry on with How to Store data locally using LANDP's database Support: Shared File Basics, then try any of the other tutorials that you may be of interest.

Installation and Customisation
Shared File Server
PIN Pad Server
Financial Printers Basics
Magnetic Card Server
Electronic Journal Server
Store for Forwarding Server

Make the most of LANDP

If you already have some practical experience of LANDP, you might find the following tutorials useful.

Learn how to use the LANDP Java Wrappers: Java Supervisor, Java Shared File, Java Electronic Journal and Java SNA.

Learn rapid application development with the LANDP Java Beans.

Learn how to use both the NetBIOS and the TCP/IP transports within the same workgroup

Learn how to link LANDP workgroups over the TCP/IP network

Learn how to understand the relationship between the the log file, LOG.DAT, and the data files.

Learn how to find and correct invalid data using the search functions, Check the status of a file, Request Statistic information, Hold and erase the entire contents of a file.

Learn how to back up and restore processes and what can happen when various files are missing because they were not backed up

Learn how to connect to a Remote Database Management System (RDBMS) using LANDP and how to connect to and update a database using SQL.

Learn some basic printing operations as well as LANDP's more advanced printing capabilities

Solving LANDP problems

The guide consists of a series of questions designed to help you solve your problem, and help on where to find the answers.

Check the LANDP Support webpages for self-help information:

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

Hints & Tips

White papers

Product Information

 

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