What the setup program does

The setup program does the following:

Installs Sybase files in a Sybase directory
Installs system files in the Windows operating system path
Creates a program group and icons for each product installed
Creates uninstall files to identify what needs to be removed if you uninstall a product
Makes changes to the Windows registry
Creates or updates INI files including PB.INI (for PowerBuilder) and IM.INI (for InfoMaker)

Directory names

The default installation places all Sybase tools in a directory called Sybase. All files shared by more than one Sybase tool are placed in a common subdirectory called Shared:

File type	Directory names
Sybase tools	\install_dir\Sybase
Files associated with each tool	\install_dir\Sybase\tool-name
Shared files	\install_dir\Sybase\Shared\tool-name

Registry changes

The setup program makes the following changes to the Windows registry:

Creates or updates registry subkeys, including ODBC.INI and ODBCINST.INI
Creates or updates the Sybase key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software
Updates system and user paths in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment
Adds the appropriate paths to the registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
Adds the paths to compiled HTMLHelp files to the registry path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\HTMLHelp