Preface

This chapter consists of the following sections:

• Purpose of This Document

• How to Use This Document

• Related Documentation

• Contact Information

Purpose of This Document

This document describes the BEA eLink Adapter for Vantive product and gives instructions for transferring data between Vantive and TUXEDO applications.

Who Should Read This Document

This document is intended for system administrators who will install the eLink Adapter for Vantive, as well as programmers who will configure the eLink Adapter for Vantive and set up TUXEDO services to execute information transfers with Vantive Enterprise applications. This guide assumes knowledge of BEA TUXEDO and Vantive products.

How This Document Is Organized

The BEA eLink Adapter for Vantive User Guide is organized as follows:

• Chapter 1, "Understanding EAI and the Role of eLink Adapters," introduces the eLink Adapter component and explains how the eLink Adapter for Vantive fits into the BEA eLink platform environment.

• Chapter 2, "Installing eLink Adapter for Vantive," explains how to install the eLink Adapter for Vantive component.

• Chapter 3, "Configuring the Environment for the eLink Adapter for Vantive," provides information for configuring BEA eLink platform servers and Vantive Enterprise applications.

• Chapter 4, "Running eLink Adapter for Vantive," provides information about initiating information transfers between a BEA eLink platform environment and Vantive Enterprise applications.

• Appendix A, "Error and Informational Messages," describes error and informational messages as well as actions to resolve the errors.

e-docs Web Site

BEA product documentation is available on the BEA corporate Web site. From the BEA Home page, click on Product Documentation or go directly to the "e-docs" Product Documentation page at http://e-docs.beasys.com.

How to Print the Document

You can print a copy of this document from a Web browser, one file at a time, by using the File->Print option on your Web browser.

A PDF version of this document is available on the eLink Adapter for Vantive documentation Home page on the e-docs Web site (and also on the documentation CD). You can open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader and print the entire document (or a portion of it) in book format. To access the PDFs, open the eLink Adapter for Vantive documentation Home page, click the PDF files button and select the document you want to print.

If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can get it for free from the Adobe Web site at http://www.adobe.com/.

How to Use This Document

The eLink Adapter for Vantive User Guide is designed as a HTML and PDF document and can be viewed online or printed.

Documentation Conventions

The following documentation conventions are used throughout this document.

Item	Examples
Variable names	Variable names represent information you must supply or output information that can change; they are intended to be replaced by actual names. Variable names are displayed in italics and can include hyphens but not underscores. The following are examples of variable names in text: error-file-name The when-return value...
User input and screen output	For screen displays and other examples of input and output, user input appears as in the first of the following lines; system output appears as in the second through fourth lines: dir c:\accounting\data Volume in drive C is WIN_NT_1 Volume Serial Number is 1234-5678 Directory of C:\BEADIR\DATA
Syntax	Code samples can include the following elements: Variable names can include hyphens but not underscores (e.g., error-file-name) Optional items are enclosed in square brackets: [ ]. If you include an optional item, do not code the square brackets. A required element for which alternatives exist is enclosed in braces {}. The alternatives are separated by the pipe (vertical bar) character: |. You must include only one of the alternatives for that element. Do not code the braces or pipe character. An ellipsis ( ... ) indicates that the preceding element can be repeated as necessary.
Omitted code	An ellipsis ( ... ) is used in examples to indicate that code that is not pertinent to the discussion is omitted. The ellipsis can be horizontal or vertical.
Environment variables	Environment variables are formatted in an uppercase font. ENVFILE=${APPDIR}
Key names	Key names are presented in boldface type. Press Enter to continue.
Literals	Literals are formatted in a monospace font. class extendSample
Window items	Window items are presented in boldface type. Window items can be window titles, button labels, text edit box names or other parts of the window. Type your password in the Logon window. Select Export to make the service available to the client.

Related Documentation

The following sections list the documentation provided with the eLink Adapter for Vantive software, and other publications related to TUXEDO technology.

BEA eLink Adapter for Vantive Documentation

The eLink Adapter for Vantive information set consists of the following documents:

BEA eLink Adapter for Vantive User Guide

BEA eLink Adapter for Vantive Release Notes

Note: The BEA eLink Adapter for Vantive Online Documentation CD also includes Adobe Acrobat PDF files of all of the online documents. You can use the Adobe Acrobat Reader to print all or a portion of each document.

BEA Publications

The following BEA publications are also available:

BEA TUXEDO Application Development Guide

TUXEDO System 6 Reference Manual

TUXEDO System 6 Programmer's Guide, Volumes 1 and 2

Vantive Publications

The following Vantive publications are also available:

Vantive API Reference Guide

Contact Information

The following sections provide information about how to obtain support for the documentation and software.

Documentation Support

If you have questions or comments on the documentation, you can contact the BEA Information Engineering Group by e-mail at docsupport@beasys.com (For information about how to contact Customer Support, refer to the following section.)

Customer Support

If you have any questions about this version of the BEA eLink Adapter for Vantive, or if you have problems installing and running BEA eLink Adapter for Vantive, contact BEA Customer Support through BEA WebSupport at www.beasys.com. You can also contact Customer Support by using the contact information provided on the Customer Support Card, which is included in the product package.

When contacting Customer Support, be prepared to provide the following information:

• Your name, e-mail address, phone number, and fax number

• Your company name and company address

• Your machine type and authorization codes

• The name and version of the products you are using

• A description of the problem and the content of pertinent error messages