Pragma's wrapper program enables character or console based programs, that have difficulty running in a telnet or terminal session, to run in Windows. Wrapper will ONLY work with Pragma server products. Each wrap program will only work with the version with which it was shipped.
Our tests show any character/console program that fails to run within a Pragma server session will be able to be run via the supplied wrap.exe executable. Always choose full console mode when logging into a Pragma Server if you want to run programs with the wrapper, except for Computer Associate Upfront customers, who should read the special notes below. The wrap program uses the Advanced Console technology, so wrap is not required with Advanced Console. Wrapper technology can be turned on automatically for Full Console sessions using the Console Settings page.
The following example shows Ingres cmd tools , NT resource kit's vi
editor, and PMON invocations via the wrapper (wrap.exe) program.
wrap isql
wrap fstm.exe -sql mydatabase
wrap myingresapplic
wrap vi myfile.c
wrap \ntreskit\vi.exe myfile.c
wrap pmon.exe
wrap \ntreskit\pmon.exe
wrap or wrap /? provides the usage, build number and expiration date if an evaluation version is being used.
Computer Associate Upfront product user Information.
· Upfront in Windows needs CA's patch 4733 or later to run properly in Windows. This is not due to any need of Pragma's software.
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Turn
on the Ask for Console Mode prompt for each user using Upfront.
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To
run Upfront's TERM_INGRES=m0 MWS programs with one of Pragma's
Servers, you MUST type "no" when the question is asked
whether you want full console support. This gives you stream mode,
which makes the MWS programs run in gui mode over a session. Stream
mode is also called simple mode by other vendors.
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To
make wrapper programs run, you should choose "yes" when
full console support question is asked. This means, you need two
different sessions into an NT machine, one with stream mode running
ABF programs in MWS mode; another with full console mode running ABF
programs with Pragma's wrap.exe over a session.