Running Advanced Sample Project without Visual Studio

Run the advanced sample project without Microsoft Visual Studio.

  1. Open a DOS prompt and go to the appropriate sample directory under the <install directory>\Samples directory.
  2. Add the directory with .NET Framework 2.0 binaries to your system path.
  3. Verify that the dll directory under the Adaptive Server ADO.NET Data Provider installation directory, is included in the system path and the LIB environment variable.
    The default installation directory is C:\Sybase\DataAccess\ADONET\dll for Adaptive Server ADO.NET Data Provider, 32-bit and C:\Sybase\DataAccess64\ADONET\dll for Adaptive Server ADO.NET Data Provider, 64-bit.
  4. Compile the sample program using the supplied build script build.bat.
  5. Run the program, enter:
    advanced.exe
  6. The Form1 dialog box appears. Click Connect.

    The application connects to the Adaptive Server sample database.

  7. In the Form1 dialog box, click Execute.

    The application executes the stored procedure and gets back an input-output parameter, output parameter, and a return value.

  8. Click the X in the upper right-hand corner of the window to terminate the application and disconnect from the sample database.

You have now run the application. The next section describes the application code.