Created by James Hurrell on Apr 16, 2021
Info dialog box |  |
This dialog box can be launched from the
Help menu by selecting
Connection Layer Information and displays various information regarding the different
Connectivity Layers on your workstation.
Note that if you are connected to a CAST Storage Service, the dialog box will contain no information.
These layers are used by CAST Products to connect to the various servers accessible from your workstation.
Login Time-out
| Define the login time-out by entering a value in the field. This value is in seconds and will force CAST Server Manager to attempt connection for the defined period of time before displaying an error message when no connection can be established. |
Connectivity Layer Status
| This section displays the Connectivity Layers found on your workstation as well as their status: | Name | Displays the name of the connectivity layer. Layers that are recognized at present are: - ODBC
- Microsoft Db-Library
| | Status | - OK indicates that this layer has been successfully loaded
- Failed indicates that the layer has been found but is unusable
| | Version | If possible indicates the Connectivity Layer version. | | DLLÂ | Displays the name and location of the connection layer's DLL. | | Date | Displays the creation date of the connectivity layer's DLL. | | Size | Displays the size of the connectivity layer's DLL. | |
Server
| Connectivity layers available for each server | For each server found in the configuration files, this area lists the different connectivity layers with which each server can be accessed. | | Details section | This area gives you some details about the server selected in the Connectivity Layers list and it's available connectivity layers. In addition to the version, the CAST Connectivity Layer preference indicates the optimal connectivity layers according to the version of a given server. You must, however, check that your server is accessible through the first layer listed. It is with that specific layer that you will get the best performance from CAST Products. Notes - If the server version is unknown, the layer precedence is as follows: Microsoft Db-Lib and then ODBC.
| | Force the use of this connectivity layer | If there are several connectivity layers available for the server you are connected to then you can override the default automatic selection and choose the one you require: first select it in the list and then click the button to confirm. | |
See Also
Connection
