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Considerations about Pacbase Explorer

You can use the Pacbase Explorer feature to see, in a read-only mode, instances created in Pacbase databases. You install this feature with Installation Manager but you also need to install the middleware and the communication files to make it operational. Moreover, you must have a Pacbase Developer license.

Middleware

The middleware must be installed on each workstation in order to ensure a direct communication between the Client components and the Server.

You can also choose a communication through a gateway. In this case, the middleware must also be on an intermediate server.

Communication files

Two files are required to set up the communication:
  • Bases.ini. This file contains the list of the available Pacbase databases. Each database is associated with a location. More than one database can be associated with the same location. The locations are defined in the Vaplocat.ini file.
  • Vaplocat.ini. With a direct communication, this file must exist on each workstation. With a communication through a gateway, this file must exist in the intermediate server.
To connect to a Pacbase database from the Pacbase Explorer view, you will need to specify the path to the Bases.ini file, the database name and, if applicable, the location of the gateway.

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