Chapter 1: Introduction


About this book

Audience

This guide is for system administrator who manages Unwired Accelerator and its configuration, and who work with developers to configure Unwired Accelerator.

How to use this book

This book contains these chapters:

Related documents

Unwired Accelerator documentation The following Unwired Accelerator documents are available on the Getting Started with Unwired Accelerator CD:

Unwired Accelerator online documentation The Unwired Accelerator documentation set includes:

jConnect™ for JDBC™ documents Unwired Accelerator 7.0 includes the jConnect for JDBC driver to allow JDBC access to Sybase database servers and gateways. The Programmer’s Reference jConnect for JDBC is included on the SyBooks CD.

Adaptive Server® Anywhere documents Unwired Accelerator 7.0 includes the ASA database to store system information including security authentication and authorization information. The ASA document set is included on the SyBooks CD.

Other sources of information

Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:

Sybase certifications on the Web

Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.

StepsFinding the latest information on product certifications

  1. Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.

  2. Select Products from the navigation bar on the left.

  3. Select a product name from the product list and click Go.

  4. Select the Certification Report filter, specify a time frame, and click Go.

  5. Click a Certification Report title to display the report.

StepsFinding the latest information on component certifications

  1. Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.

  2. Either select the product family and product under Search by Product; or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.

  3. Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.

StepsCreating a personalized view of the Sybase Web site (including support pages)

Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.

  1. Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.

  2. Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.

Sybase EBFs and software maintenance

StepsFinding the latest information on EBFs and software maintenance

  1. Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.

  2. Select EBFs/Maintenance. If prompted, enter your MySybase user name and password.

  3. Select a product.

  4. Specify a time frame and click Go. A list of EBF/Maintenance releases is displayed.

    Padlock icons indicate that you do not have download authorization for certain EBF/Maintenance releases because you are not registered as a Technical Support Contact. If you have not registered, but have valid information provided by your Sybase representative or through your support contract, click Edit Roles to add the “Technical Support Contact” role to your MySybase profile.

  5. Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.

Conventions

The formatting conventions used in this manual are:

Formatting example

To indicate

commands and methods

When used in descriptive text, this font indicates keywords such as:

  • Command names

  • C++ and Java method or class names

variable, package, or component

Italic font indicates:

  • Program variables, such as myCounter

  • Parts of input text that must be substituted, for example:

    Server.log
    
  • File names

SYBASE

The variable in this manual used to represent the Sybase installation directory. In this guide, forward slashes are used for all path names, regardless of platform, unless an alternate location is used for another platform. For example, SYBASE\tomcat would be used for both Windows and Linux.

File | Save

Menu names and menu items are displayed in plain text. The vertical bar shows you how to navigate menu selections. For example, File | Save indicates “select Save from the File menu.”

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Monospace font indicates:

  • Information that you enter in Mobile Web Studio, on a command line, or as program text

  • Example program fragments

  • Example output fragments

Environment variables associated with Unwired Accelerator include SYBASE, MBUSINESS_SERVER, RIM, JAGUAR, CATALINA_HOME, WorkRoot, and JAVA_HOME.

If you need help

Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the manuals or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.





Copyright © 2005. Sybase Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 1: Introduction

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