Hello all,

I am not very familiar with Pervasive software, so these might seem like
really basic questions, but we have a Novell 4.12 server running an old
Dos application that uses Btrieve version 5 and we want to upgrade to
something newer. I have a Netware 6.5 server running and I think I have
correctly installed the Pervasive 9.5 for Netware package, but I cannot
connect to it from a Dos prompt on a Windows XP computer. The Novell is
working correctly, but if I run BREQUEST from the workstation I get:
BREQUEST-10: the function IPXInitialize returned an error.

If I try BREQTCP I get:
BREQTCP-10: The function InitSocketLibrary returned an error.

I am not tied to any OS and would be open to any and all suggestions
including a complete migration to Linux.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Robert

If you installed the 9.5 client on your XP computer then there is driver
installed in CONFIG.NT that loads with the command prompt. Try running the
application or whatever without first loading BREQUEST. It should work. If
not, there are other ways to make it work.

If your network has W98 computers, load BDOSSTUB instead of BREQUEST on
those workstations.

HTH,
Brad Kunkel
Integrated Business, Inc.


"Robert" <hockey (AT) vernon (DOT) com> wrote

If you installed the 9.5 client on your XP computer then there is driver
installed in CONFIG.NT that loads with the command prompt. Try running the
application or whatever without first loading BREQUEST. It should work. If
not, there are other ways to make it work.

If your network has W98 computers, load BDOSSTUB instead of BREQUEST on
those workstations.

HTH,
Brad Kunkel
Integrated Business, Inc.


"Robert" <hockey (AT) vernon (DOT) com> wrote

If you installed the 9.5 client on your XP computer then there is driver
installed in CONFIG.NT that loads with the command prompt. Try running the
application or whatever without first loading BREQUEST. It should work. If
not, there are other ways to make it work.

If your network has W98 computers, load BDOSSTUB instead of BREQUEST on
those workstations.

HTH,
Brad Kunkel
Integrated Business, Inc.


"Robert" <hockey (AT) vernon (DOT) com> wrote

If you have the PSQLv9 client installed on your WinXP box, then it
comes with the newer "DOSBOX" requester, that redirects the calls from
DOS to the Win32 requester.

You must do NOTHING special to use this -- just open your DOS box and
run your application. Everything is handled behind the scenes by the
client requester and by the CONFIG.NT file.

Also, make sure that your NetWare box is configured with TCP/IP, and
that you can PING the server by name...
Goldstar Software Inc.
Pervasive-based Products, Training & Services
Bill Bach
BillBach (AT) goldstarsoftware (DOT) com
http://www.goldstarsoftware.com
*** Chicago: Pervasive Service & Support Class - March 2008 ***



Robert wrote:



--

If you have the PSQLv9 client installed on your WinXP box, then it
comes with the newer "DOSBOX" requester, that redirects the calls from
DOS to the Win32 requester.

You must do NOTHING special to use this -- just open your DOS box and
run your application. Everything is handled behind the scenes by the
client requester and by the CONFIG.NT file.

Also, make sure that your NetWare box is configured with TCP/IP, and
that you can PING the server by name...
Goldstar Software Inc.
Pervasive-based Products, Training & Services
Bill Bach
BillBach (AT) goldstarsoftware (DOT) com
http://www.goldstarsoftware.com
*** Chicago: Pervasive Service & Support Class - March 2008 ***



Robert wrote:



--

If you have the PSQLv9 client installed on your WinXP box, then it
comes with the newer "DOSBOX" requester, that redirects the calls from
DOS to the Win32 requester.

You must do NOTHING special to use this -- just open your DOS box and
run your application. Everything is handled behind the scenes by the
client requester and by the CONFIG.NT file.

Also, make sure that your NetWare box is configured with TCP/IP, and
that you can PING the server by name...
Goldstar Software Inc.
Pervasive-based Products, Training & Services
Bill Bach
BillBach (AT) goldstarsoftware (DOT) com
http://www.goldstarsoftware.com
*** Chicago: Pervasive Service & Support Class - March 2008 ***



Robert wrote:



--

Thanks for the reply. The CONFIG.NT is there and it says it is going to
load the btrdrvr.sys file. I cannot get the application to load, so I
have to think that the application will not run without the BREQUEST and
BUTIL functions working. I get an error from both.

Thanks again for the help.

Robert

Brad Kunkel wrote:

Thanks for the reply. The CONFIG.NT is there and it says it is going to
load the btrdrvr.sys file. I cannot get the application to load, so I
have to think that the application will not run without the BREQUEST and
BUTIL functions working. I get an error from both.

Thanks again for the help.

Robert

Brad Kunkel wrote:

Thanks for the reply. The CONFIG.NT is there and it says it is going to
load the btrdrvr.sys file. I cannot get the application to load, so I
have to think that the application will not run without the BREQUEST and
BUTIL functions working. I get an error from both.

Thanks again for the help.

Robert

Brad Kunkel wrote: