The following sections describe the online files that supplement the information in this manual. Please examine these files before you begin using your IBM Informix product. They contain vital information about application and performance issues.
Online notes are available from the IBM Informix Online Documentation site at http://www.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/ and in the IBM Informix Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ids9help/index.jsp. Additionally you can locate these files before or after installation as described below.
Before Installation
All online notes are located in the /doc directory of the product CD. The easiest way to access the documentation notes, the release notes, and the fixed and known defects file is through the hyperlinks from the TOC notes file.
The machine notes file and the fixed and known defects file are only provided in text format.
After Installation
On UNIX platforms in the default locale, the documentation notes, release notes, and machine notes files appear under the $INFORMIXDIR/release/en_us/0333 directory.
On Windows the documentation and release notes files appear in the Informix folder. To display this folder, choose Start > Programs > IBM product name version > Documentation Notes or Release Notes from the taskbar.
Machine notes do not apply to Windows platforms.
Online notes have the following file formats:
| Online File | File Format | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| TOC Notes | prod_os_toc_version.html | ids_win_toc_10.0.html |
| Documentation Notes | prod_bookname_docnotes_version.html/txt | ids_hpl_docnotes_10.0.html |
| Release Notes | prod_os_relnotes_version.html/txt | ids_unix_relnotes_10.0.txt |
| Machine Notes | prod_machine_notes_version.txt | ids_machine_notes_10.0.txt |
| Fixed and Known
Defects File |
prod_defects_version.txt ids_win_fixed_and_known _defects_version.txt |
ids_defects_10.0.txt client_defects_2.90.txt ids_win_fixed_and_known _defects_10.0.txt |