System Requirements

Networks for the 32 bit Advantage Database Server for the x86 chipset

•	Novell NetWare 5.x or greater

•	Microsoft Windows

•	Linux (glibc 2.3.2 or greater and kernel version 2.4 or greater)

Networks for the 64 bit Advantage Database Server on the X64_86 chipset

•	Microsoft Windows 2003

•	Linux (glibc 2.3.5 or greater and kernel version 2.6 or greater)

Network Protocols (on the Server)

•	IPX with NetWare 5 or greater, Windows

•	IP with NetWare 5 or greater, Windows, and Linux

File Server Processors

Multiple processors supported with NetWare 5 or greater, Windows, and Linux

Client Operating Systems

•	Windows 95/98/ME

•	Windows NT/2000/2003/XP

•	Linux (kernel version 2.4 or greater)

•	Windows 3.1x

•	DOS 3.3 or higher

•	Client database applications developed with supported Advantage clients

Client Development Platforms

•	Delphi (via native components, OLE DB Provider (ADO), ODBC Driver, or API)

•	C++Builder (via native components, OLE DB Provider (ADO), ODBC Driver, or API)

•	Kylix (via native components or API)

•	Visual Studio.NET (via .NET Data Provider)

•	Borland C#Builder (via .NET Data Provider)

•	JBuilder (via JDBC)

•	Sun ONE Studio (via JDBC)

•	Visual Age for Java (via JDBC)

•	Visual Basic (via OLE DB Provider (ADO), ODBC Driver, or API)

•	Access 97/2000 (via OLE DB Provider (ADO), ODBC Driver, or API)

•	Visual C++ (via OLE DB Provider (ADO), ODBC Driver, or API)

•	Visual FoxPro (via OLE DB Provider (ADO), ODBC Driver, or API)

•	Perl (via DBI driver)

•	PHP (via Advantage PHP Extension)

•	CA-Visual Objects (via RDD, OLE DB Provider (ADO), ODBC Driver, or API)

•	Clipper (via RDD)

•	Any development environment that can access ADO/OLE DB, an ODBC driver, or make a call into a Windows DLL or Linux shared object (via API)

Xbase Table Formats Supported

Clipper-compatible DBF, FoxPro-compatible DBF

Xbase Index File Formats Supported

Clipper-compatible NTX, FoxPro-compatible CDX, FoxPro-compatible IDX

Xbase Memo File Formats Supported

Clipper-compatible DBT, FoxPro-compatible FPT

Proprietary Advantage Table Format Supported

ADT

Proprietary Advantage Index File Format Supported

ADI

Proprietary Advantage Memo File Format Supported

ADM

Licensing

The Advantage Database Server is sold on a per-server basis with User Options to provide concurrent users up to the maximum specified. Each PC workstation running one or more Advantage applications is considered a user.