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# Preface

This guide contains messages for all Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC products. Use it with the Oracle Database Server Messages manual.

You can us this guide when you are installing or administering the gateway.You must understand the fundamentals of the operating system for your platform and procedural gateways before using this guide when installing or administering the gateway.

## Intended Audience

This guide is intended for anyone responsible for installing, configuring and administering the gateway, and also for developers writing applications that access remote host databases through APPC.

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## Related Publications

There are two parts to the documentation set: the documentation specific to the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC and the general gateway documentation. Both documents come with the Oracle products you purchase. Use the general gateway documentation to learn about gateway concepts and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC documentation to learn how to install, administer and use the gateway.

The documents included as a part of your product shipment are:

- Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Messages Guide 10g Release 2 (10.2)

- Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC User's Guide for UNIX and Microsoft Windows

In addition, depending on your operating system, either of the following documents are included:

- Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for UNIX.

- Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide for Microsoft Windows

Refer to the Oracle Technical Publications Catalog and Price Guide for a complete list of documentation provided for Oracle products.

## Conventions

Examples of input and output for the gateway and Oracle environment are shown in a special font:

    $ mkdir /ORACLE/your_name

All output is shown as it appears. For input, the list of conventions and their meanings are as follows:

- `example text:` Words or phrases, such as `mkdir` and `ORACLE`, must be entered exactly as spelled and in the letter case shown. In this example, `mkdir` must be entered in lowercase letters and `ORACLE` in uppercase letters.

- italics monospace text: Italicized uppercase or lowercase, such as `your_name`, indicates that you must substitute a word or phrase, such as the actual directory name.

- `BOLD text` or bold italic TEXT: Bold words or phrases refer to a file or directory structure, such as a directory, path, or file ID.

- ... : Ellipses indicate that the preceding item can be repeated. You can enter an arbitrary number of similar items.

- { }: Curly braces indicate that one of the enclosed arguments is required. Do not enter the braces themselves.

- |: Vertical lines separate choices.

- [ ]: Square brackets enclose optional clauses from which you may choose one or none. Do not enter the brackets.

Other punctuation, such as commas, quotation marks, or the pipe symbol (|), must be entered as shown unless otherwise specified. Directory names, file IDs, and so on appear in the required letter case in examples. The same convention is used when these names appear in text, and the names are highlighted in bold. The use of italics indicates that those portions of a file ID that appear in italics can vary.

Gateway commands, file IDs, reserved words, and keywords appear in uppercase in examples and text. UNIX commands, environment variables, and keywords appear in the required letter case in examples and text. Reserved words and keywords must always be entered as shown, because they have reserved meanings within the Oracle system.

## Storage Measurements

Storage measurements use the following abbreviations:

- KB, for kilobyte, which equals 1,024 bytes

- MB, for megabyte, which equals 1,048,576 bytes

- GB, for gigabyte, which equals 1,073,741,824 bytes

## Accessing Installed Documentation

Following documents are included with the product.

Documentation for Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC for UNIX and Windows operating system

Documentation for this product includes this guide and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC, 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX and Microsoft Windows, and the Oracle Procedural Gateway for APPC Installation and Configuration Guide, 10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX and Windows.

To access the documentation in HTML and PDF formats, use a browser to open the top level of the Gateway Documentation Software included on your installation media. This level contains links to the product and your Microsoft Windows or UNIX-specific documentation.

Oracle Product Documentation

Oracle Database product documentation is on the Oracle Database Generic Documentation installation media. Instructions for accessing and installing the documents on the installation media are in the README file in the top level directory of the installation media.

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