Contents

Title and Copyright Information

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Preface

Audience

Organization

Related Documentation

Conventions

Documentation Accessibility

What's New in Pro*C/C++?

Oracle9i Release 2 (9.2) New Features in Pro*C/C++

Oracle9i Release 1 (9.0.1) New Features in Pro*C/C++

Oracle8i Release 8.1.6 New Features in Pro*C/C++

1 Introducing Pro*C/C++

What Is Pro*C/C++?

Features

Restrictions

Directory Structure

Known Problems, Restrictions, and Workarounds

2 Using Pro*C/C++

Using the Graphical User Interface

Starting Pro*C/C++ Graphical Interface

Title Bar

Menu Bar

Toolbar

Information Pane

Status Bar

Creating and Precompiling a Pro*C/C++ Project

Opening a Project

Setting the Default Extension of Output Files

Changing the Name of an Existing Input or Output File

Adding Files to the Project

Deleting Files from the Project

Setting the Precompiler Options

Specifying Database Connection Information

Precompiling a Pro*C/C++ Project

Checking the Results

Fixing Errors

Exiting Pro*C/C++

Using Pro*C/C++ at the Command Prompt

Header Files

Library Files

Multithreaded Applications

Precompiler Options

Configuration File

CODE

DBMS

INCLUDE

PARSE

Using Pro*C/C++ with the Oracle XA Library

Compiling and Linking a Pro*C/C++ Program with XA

XA Dynamic Registration

Adding an Environmental Variable for the Current Session

Adding a Registry Variable for All Sessions

XA and TP Monitor Information

3 Sample Programs

Sample Program Descriptions

Building the Demonstration Tables

Building the Sample Programs

Using pcmake.bat

Using Microsoft Visual C++

Setting the Path for the Sample .pre Files

A Integrating Pro*C/C++ into Microsoft Visual C++

Integrating Pro*C/C++ within Microsoft Visual C++ Projects

Specifying the Location of the Pro*C/C++ Executable

Specifying the Location of the Pro*C/C++ Header Files

Adding .pc Files to a Project

Adding References to .c Files to a Project

Adding the Pro*C/C++ Library to a Project

Specifying Custom Build Options

Adding Pro*C/C++ to the Tools Menu

Index