You work with two dialog boxes when you create a database profile in DataWindow Designer: the Database Profiles dialog box and the interface-specific Database Profile Setup dialog box.
Using the Database painter to create database profiles
You can also create database profiles from the Database painter’s
Objects view.
The Database Profiles dialog box uses an easy-to-navigate tree control format to display your installed database interfaces and defined database profiles. You can create, edit, and delete database profiles from this dialog box.
When you run the DataWindow Designer Setup program, it updates the Vendors list in the DataWindow Designer section in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry key with the interfaces you install. The Database Profiles dialog box displays the same interfaces that appear in the Vendors list.
For detailed instructions on using the Database Profiles dialog box to connect to a database and manage your profiles, see Chapter 6, “Managing Database Connections.”
Each database interface has its own Database Profile Setup dialog box where you can set interface-specific connection parameters. For example, if you install the O90 interface and then select it and click New in the Database Profiles dialog box, the Database Profile Setup - Oracle 9i dialog box displays, containing settings for those connection options that apply to this interface.
The Database Profile Setup dialog box groups similar connection parameters on the same tab page and lets you easily set their values by using check boxes, drop-down lists, and text boxes. Basic (required) connection parameters are on the Connection tab page, and additional connection options are on the other tab pages.
For some database interfaces, you might not need to supply values for all boxes in the Database Profile Setup dialog box. If you supply the profile name and click OK, DataWindow Designer displays a series of dialog boxes to prompt you for additional information when you connect to the database.
This information can include:
User ID or login ID
Password or login password
Database name
Server name
For some databases, supplying only the profile name does not give DataWindow Designer enough information to prompt you for additional connection values. For these interfaces, you must supply values for all applicable boxes in the Database Profile Setup dialog box.
For information about the values you should supply for your connection, click Help in the Database Profile Setup dialog box for your interface.
