Hi Chris Franz,
Thank you for the excellent article from 2009, Setting up an AIS Connection. I am trying to follow this article but I am unable to complete all of the setup. So I'm not even to the point of getting errors. I just simply do not understand what to do to complete several of the steps. Here is my current status. I you or someone could help me it would be wonderful. I wan to share with you what I have done so that you know that I am trying:
1. I have used the Advantage Configuration Utility to configure Internet Port 6263.
2. I have setup the Router to send traffic for Port 6263 to my server. The server has a static IP Address that is 10.1.10.200.
3. I have configured the Windows Firewall on the server to allow TCP and UDP traffic on Port 6263 for both Inbound and Outbound connections.
4. My database has a data dictionary. All tables are bound tables. The data dictionary is called hpdata.add
5. I have used Advantage Data Architect to set the Security and Internet Access for the database.
I have set Security.User Access.Login Required to NO
I have set Security.Internet Access.Enabled to YES
I have set Security.Internet Access.Security Level to NO ENCRYPTION
6. Because Security.User Access.Login Required is set to NO I have not setup any User Accounts.
7. I want to use Advantage Data Architect (ADA) at the Remote location to connect to the database that is on the server.
8. Configuring ADA and the ads.ini file is where I am failing. I simply do not understand the concepts behind the DATABASES and DRIVES section of the ads.ini file.
9. On the server computer my database is stored in c:\users\public\sirus\data\hpdata.add
10. I have the public folder shared on the server. The server name is SERVER-PC. So the share on the server's network is \\SERVER-PC\users\public\sirus\data\hpdata.add
11. Below is the ads.ini file that I have built so far. I know that it is not correct because I simply do not understand the concept behind the DATABASES and DRIVES sections:
[DATABASES]
sirus=c:\users\public\sirus\data\hpdata.add;d
[DRIVES]
c:=\\SERVER-PC\Users\Public\hpOrion\Data
[SERVER-PC]
INTERNET_IP=68.53.XXX.XXX (please note that the actual IP address is not being provided in this post)
INTERNET_PORT=6263
[SETTINGS]
USE_TCP_IP=1
[Sirus_info]
Username=adssys
TableType=adt
ServerType=internet
CommunicationType=default
LockingMode=proprietary
Collation=ansi
SecurityMode=ignorerights
DBFTableType=cdx
BlankPassword=no
DataDictionaryPassword=
TLSCertificate=
TLSCipherSuite=
TLSCommonName=
DataEncryptionType=default
FIPSMode=no
ADA created the whole [Sirus_info] section of the ads.ini file when I started ADA for the first time.
Chris, if you or some other kind soul could get me on track I would be very grateful.
Thank you,
CPGood