4 Installing Eloquence on the Windows 16 bit platform

Configuring Windows 3.1x

After the initial installation of the Eloquence software configuration of the Windows 3.1x system is required:

Additional configuration of the Dialog subsystem is required. This involves editing the configuration files eloq.ini and eqexec.ini. Please refer to the Eloquence Dialog Manual for more information.

Configure host names

You may want to define the host name of your server in your HOSTS file. Unless you use DNS to resolve host names, this is required as the dialog subsystem relies on the server name. The location of the HOSTS file depends on your TCP/IP protocol stack. If you use the one available from Microsoft (TCP32), the HOSTS file is located in your Windows directory.

Please add a line like below to your HOSTS file:

192.168.1.1  server
where 192.168.1.1 is the IP address and server is the host name of your server system.

Configure service names

You may want to define the Eloquence specific service names in your SERVICES file. This is optional, as you can specify the port number directly instead of a service name. The location of the SERVICES file depends on your TCP/IP protocol stack. If you use the one available from Microsoft (TCP32), the SERVICES file is located in your Windows directory.

Eloquence uses the following services names on the Windows 16 bit platform:

runsrv
This service name is used by default by the RUNSRV utility
eloqdb
This is the default services name used by the database library.
eloqdb5
This service name is used by convention to connect to Eloquence A.05.xx databases (eloqdb5 server).
To add the runsrv service, please add a line like below to your SERVICES file:

runsrv  8010/tcp      # Eloquence RunSRV
where the first column specifies the service name (eg. runsrv) and the second column the associated port number and protocol (eg. 8010/tcp). The selected port numbers may not already be in use by another programs.

If you intend to use the Eloquence database library (eloqdb.dll) you may want to define the following SERVICES mappings below as well:

eloqdb  8102/tcp      # Eloquence data base server
eloqdb5 8104/tcp      # Eloquence A.05.x data base server
NOTE: All systems must use the same port numbers in order to communicate.

Eloquence Installation and Configuration - 19 DEC 2002