Running Scala on a Windows 95 computer in the Novell nds environment

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MS NDS before SP 1
MS NDS in SP 1
File name	Date	File size	Date	File size
NWNP32.NW4	13 Oct, 1995	136 704	31 Dec, 1995	138 752

The third client was included into the Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2.

Scala (Btrieve) works with all these clients software in the client-server mode but only if you log in to the Novell server in a bindery mode. If you wish to log on to the Novell Directory Tree and to work with Scala in the client-server mode, you have to use not Windows 95 but either the client service developed by Novell or Windows NT Workstations.

Installing Microsoft Service for NDS from Service Pack 1

Microsoft Service for NDS is included as an additional component to the Service Pack. As a rule, it is located in the directory \ADMIN\COMPONTS\MSNDS. If you have Windows 95 installed and you wish to install MS Service for NDS, you should do it via the Network Control Panel. To install MS Service for NDS on a computer running Windows 95, follow these steps:

In Control Panel, double-click on the Network icon.
Click on Add.
Double-click on Service.
Click on Have Disk, and type the drive name for the disk or network drive where the MS Service for NDS files are located.

Note: Do not click on Cancel during the installation. If, for some reason, you decide not to install the Service for NDS, you must complete the installation process, and then remove the Service for NDS. For more information about removing the Service for NDS see “Uninstalling the Service for NDS” below in this document.

Next time you start your computer, you will be prompted to log on to the NDS tree. Make sure that the dialog box complies with the correct context and tree.

If you wish to install MS Service for NDS as a part of the new Windows 95 installation, you can do it in either of the two following ways:

You can install MS Service for NDS as a part of Windows 95 automated installation. Automated installation routine employs the MSBATCH.INF file to install Windows 95 without any user’s intervention. Once this option has been chosen, you do not need to install MS Service for NDS separately for each computer. See more details about the automated installation procedure in the Windows 95 Resource Kit documentation.
You can also install MS Service for NDS from the Windows 95 setup program. Executing Windows 95 setup, choose Custom installation, and follow steps 2-5 of the above-described procedure.

Uninstalling NDS Service

Before to begin, make sure that your Windows 95 setup disk is at hand. The removal program will prompt when you require this disc for it contains some necessary files.

In Control Panel, double-click on the Network icon.
Click on Service for NetWare Directory Services, and then click on Remove.

Note: At copying the networking files from your Windows 95 Setup disk, Windows 95 will repeatedly display a message prompting that older version of the files is being copied to your computer, and asking whether you wish the newer versions, currently on your computer, to be kept. To remove the Service for NDS, click on No for the following files: NWREDIR.VXD, NWNP32.DLL and NETWARE.TMP.

Installing the Service for NDS from Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2

If you have the Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) already installed, and you wish to install the Service for NDS, you must do this via the Network Control Panel. To install the Service for NDS on a computer running Windows 95 OSR2, follow these steps:

In Control Panel, double-click on the Network icon.
Click on Add.
Double-click on Service.
Choose the Service for NDS.
Next time you start your computer, you will be prompted to log on to the NDS tree. Make sure that the dialog box complies with the correct context and tree.

If you wish to install MS Service for NDS as a part of the new Windows 95 installation, you can do it in either of the two following ways:

You can install MS Service for NDS as a part of the Windows 95 automated installation. Automated installation uses the MSBATCH.INF file to install Windows 95 without any user’s intervention. In this case there is no need to install MS Service for NDS separately for each computer. For more details refer to the Windows 95 Resource Kit.
You can install MS Service for NDS from the Windows 95 setup program. At executing Windows 95 setup, choose Custom installation, and follow steps 2-5 from the procedure described above.

Using the Microsoft Service for NDS

Microsoft Service for NDS allows you to log on to the Directory Tree as well as to the Novell server in a bindery mode. You can choose the log-on type in the advanced settings:

Running Scala with Microsoft Services for NDS

The only supported configuration for running Scala (Btrieve) in a client-server mode in a Novell NDS environment uses the bindery mode. If you log on to the Directory Tree, Btrieve requester will not be able to recognize the network drives which had been mapped by loggin scripts or by Windows 95 tools. These network drives are as on the following screen:

Thus, if you wish to work with Scala and to use Microsoft Service for NDS, you must log in to the Novell server only in the bindery mode.

Note: We strongly recommend that you primary log in to the server where Scala is located. Otherwise employ the same user names for both the server where Scala is located and for the primary logging to Windows 95.

If you wish to log on to the Directory Tree, you should use Novell Client 32 for Windows 95. However there are some limitations described in the next chapter.

Novell Client 32 for Windows 95

Overview

At the end of 1996 Novell Corp. released a new operation system titled IntranetWare 4.11. This bundle includes Novell Client 32 for Windows 95. If you do not have IntranetWare, you can get this client software from the Novell ftp server: ftp://ftp.novell.com.

Installing Novell Client 32 for Windows 95

If IntranetWare is installed on the server, the client software is in the directory \PUBLIC\CLIENT\WIN95\IBM_ENU on the volume SYS.

Note: If you cannot find the client software in this directory, install it from the IntranetWare CDs.

Run SETUP.EXE and clear checkbox “Upgrade NDIS driver to ODI automatically, if available”. Then follow the instructions on the screen. After rebooting the computer the Novell Client 32 will be installed.

Using Novell Client 32

Novell Client 32 allows you to log on into the Directory Tree as well as to the Novell server in the bindery mode. The login type can be chosen in the Novell Client properties:

Also it can be done by logging to the system:

For more details refer to the documentation provided with the Novell Client.

Running Scala with Novell Client 32 in bindery mode

There are no special requirements for running Scala using this client software if you are logging into the Novell server in the bindery mode.

Note: We strongly recommend to make primary logon into the server where Scala is located. Otherwise use the same user name for both the server where Scala is located and for Windows 95 primary logon.

Running Scala with Novell Client 32 in a Directory Tree

If you have Novell Client 32 installed, you can work with Scala (Btrieve) in client-server mode in the Directory Tree mode. Nevertheless there are some limitations. Scala users must be in the same bindery context where Scala server is located. For more information about bindery contexts please refer to the Novell Documentation about NDS. You can either create one special context for the server with Scala and for all Scala users or to integrate several contexts into a single one on the server by using ”SET BINDERY CONTEXT=” command.

Let us assume that Scala is located at the volume .CN=TESTER_SYS.OU=LAB.O=SCALA. In this case the following configurations are allowed:

Example 1

The user SCALA is in the same context where TESTER_SYS is:

Example 2

The user AC is in the context OU=ACCOUNT.O=SCALA. Contexts OU=LAB.O=SCALA and OU=TEST.O=SCALA are integrated into a single one on the server:

Note: We recommend making primary logon into the Directory Tree. Otherwise we strongly advise to use the same user name for both the server where Scala is located and for the Windows 95 primary logon.

We strongly recommend to use only login scripts to map the network drive where Scala is located. Login script should be as the following one:

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