Documentation Updates

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The documentation for Pervasive.SQL can elp you explore the new features.

Changed for This Release

The following documentation is critical to understanding and using the Pervasive.SQL V8.5 release.

 
Table 1-6 Updated Documentation for Security Release Beta

Manual	Description
This book, What's New	The most important book in understanding the new features. It contains a list of all features and describes how to migrate to the new security models.
Getting Started with Pervasive.SQL (Server and Workgroup editions)	The procedures for the installation of Windows Server and Workgroup engines as well as the NetWare server installation chapters have been updated with the new installation program. See Improved Installation Programs for more information.
Advanced Operations Guide	Updates to the Converting MicroKernel Data chapter relevant to the updated Rebuild utility. (Rebuild utility help links to this location). Security information from What's New is merged into this manual Updated information for Function Executor utility
Status Codes and Messages	New status codes related to security (starting at code 170).
Pervasive.SQL User's Guide	New option for PSA "View Modules" module. New security procedures

New Features

The following new features are present in the Pervasive.SQL V8.5 documentation set.

DataExchange Included if Installed

If you have the Pervasive DataExchange (DX) product, the documentation for that product is now integrated dynamically into the Pervasive.SQL documentation set (pvswdocs.chm). You will see DX documentation in the contents window, and all DX publications are integrated into the Index and Search features. You can still use the DX documentation set independently if you choose by loading the dxdocs.chm help file.

Checking for Topic and Publication Revisions

There is a new HTML link on the bottom of every page in the documentation set labeled Check for Revisions. When you click this link, the help file loads the Pervasive Library (http://www.pervasive.com/library) in a new browser window and performs the following actions:

• Passes meta information about the revision of the manual you have installed on your system. This information was written into the manual itself before it was shipped. None of this information is obtained by reading information from your computer, and no personal information of any kind is transmitted to Pervasive Software during this process.
• The Pervasive Library looks up the corresponding manual and compares the meta information from your manual against the meta information of the copy on the Pervasive Library.
• If the revision levels match, the Pervasive Library informs you that you are up-to-date.
• If the revision levels do not match, Pervasive Library informs you that your topic or publication has a new revision level available, and provides you with a link to download this new publication.

This revisioning system is built into all manuals except:

• Pervasive Products and Services
• Glossary