Where do I download Adabas

Joseph

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Oct 16, 2001, 11:10:00 AM10/16/01

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When I installed Star 6.0 it told me to download Adabas after install... So where do I get that download??

Aarti

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Oct 17, 2001, 2:31:48 AM10/17/01

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Hi Joseph,

You can go to the following URL to download Adabas:

http://www.Adabas.com/sqlindex.html

Aarti

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J. Hinkle

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Oct 17, 2001, 1:40:16 PM10/17/01

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Sorry, Aarti, that's the wrong version of Adabas (at www.adabas.com)

Star Office uses its own version of Adabas, v11.02, and it contains additional files not found in the version 11.01 at www.adabas.com. These files integrate Adabas with Star Office.

The one you want is available on the same page from which you downloaded the Star Office installation files (If www.sun.com is working properly!) You should see the list of files for Star Office, and in addition, some documentation files and an installation file for Adabas. Sometimes all these don't show on the page for some odd Sun reason, so try again.

If you got Star Office 5.2 for Windows in English, you want SOA-5_2-GA-BIN-WINDOWS-EN.EXE and put it in with the rest of your installation files so the installer can find it.
Look for the version you want at http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/5.2/get/get.html

If you got Star Office 6.0beta you want soa-6_0-bin-windows-en.exe and you get it from http://www.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/6.0beta/get.html

If you already have Star Office installed, you can run the Adabas installation afterwards, then go to Star Office Setup to add it in as an option.

I just got Star Office 6.0beta, and as usual, Sun has left out some key information on how one uses the stupid thing (Adabas). There seems to be no way to access it from Star Office 6.0beta, which mainly seems to be concerned with Star Office Writer and a silly little address book database, even though it installed Adabas.

If you want an actual useful office suite, get Star Office 5.2, or Microsoft Office, that one is installable and it works.

Unknown

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Oct 28, 2001, 5:20:34 PM10/28/01

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The misleading feature on the Star Office 5.2 download page is that
Download StarOffice 5.2, Windows, English ( 76.66 MB )
(which relates to SO-5_2-GA-BIN-WINDOWS-EN.EXE)
does not include StarOffice 5.2 Database - as is implied.

So it is necessary , in addition to the above, to
Download StarOffice 5.2 Database (Adabas D), Windows, English ( 11.90 MB )
which relates to SOA-5_2-GA-BIN-WINDOWS-EN.EXE

Similarly if the Player component is required it appears to be necessary to Download StarOffice 5.2 Player, Windows, English ( 6.46 MB ) (which relates to SOP-5_2-GA-BIN-WINDOWS-EN.EXE )

cheryl baker

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Oct 30, 2001, 1:30:21 PM10/30/01

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I have tried everything and I cannot get starbase to let me create a brnad new database.
I did as suggested here and downloaded the additional 11 meg file and reinstalled star office and still I cannot create a new database. Has anyone been able to get this program to actually create a new database. If so can you please please please tell me the seret?

thanks

Sanal

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Oct 31, 2001, 12:56:27 AM10/31/01

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Hi Cheryl,

StarOffice 5.2 will open Starbase files, but it will not create new Starbase files.

You will need a RDBMS like Abadas D/Dbase/Oracle to create Relational Database files.

Hope this helps,

Sanal

Sun Microsystems Inc.

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