Using Btrieve with Javascript on Windows x64

Documented below is one approach to configuring the Btrieve 2 SDK for the Javascript programming language. In this example, we will use Visual Studio 2015 to target a native Windows x64 environment. It is assumed that Zen is already installed and running.

• Install SWIG and Javascript if not already installed.
  • http://www.swig.org/
  • http://www.nodejs.org/
• Install the Btrieve 2 Windows SDK for Zen.
  • https://esd.actian.com/product/Zen_PSQL/SDKs
• Generate, build, and install Btrieve Javascript.
  • Open the Visual Studio x64 Native Tools Command Prompt.
  • Change directory into the Btrieve 2 SDK directory.
  • Change directory into the SWIG Btrieve Javascript directory.
    • cd swig\btrieveJavascript
  • Generate Btrieve Javascript.
    • C:\swigwin-4.0.2\swig.exe -cppext cpp -outcurrentdir -javascript -node -c++ -I..\..\include btrieveJavascript.swig
      • Note that the path to SWIG used above may differ.
      • Note that Node.js is specified.
  • Build Btrieve Javascript.
    • "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\node-gyp.cmd" configure
    • "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\node-gyp.cmd" build
      • Note that the path to Node.js used above may differ.
      • Note that Node.js version 10.22 was used.
  • Install Btrieve Javascript.
    • copy build\Release\btrieveJavascript.node "c:\Program Files\Actian\Zen\bin"
      • You may need elevated permissions to perform this copy.
  • Execute the Btrieve Javascript sample program.
    • "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe" ..\..\samples\btest.js 9
      • You should see the output "record: (9, 81, 3)".
      • Note that the path to Javascript used above may differ.
      • You may need to allow everyone to write to the current directory if you receive the error "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: Error: BtrieveClient.FileCreate():94:Permission error".

Using Btrieve with Javascript on Ubuntu Linux x64

Documented below is one approach to configuring the Btrieve 2 SDK for the Javascript programming language. In this example, we will target an Ubuntu Linux x64 environment. It is assumed that Zen is already installed and running.

• Install SWIG and Javascript if not already installed.
  • sudo apt install swig
  • sudo apt install node-gyp
• Install the Btrieve 2 Linux SDK for Zen.
  • https://esd.actian.com/product/Zen_PSQL/SDKs
• Generate, build, and install Btrieve Javascript.
  • Open a Terminal window.
  • Change directory into the Btrieve 2 SDK directory.
  • Change directory into the SWIG Btrieve Javascript directory.
    • cd swig/btrieveJavascript
  • Generate Btrieve Javascript.
    • swig -cppext cpp -outcurrentdir -javascript -node -c++ -I../../include btrieveJavascript.swig
      • Note that Node.js is specified.
  • Build Btrieve Javascript.
    • node-gyp configure
    • node-gyp build
  • Install Btrieve Javascript.
    • sudo cp build/Release/btrieveJavascript.node /usr/local/actianzen/lib64
  • Execute the Btrieve Javascript sample program.
    • export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/usr/local/actianzen/lib64
    • node ../../samples/btest.js 9
      • You should see the output "record: (9, 81, 3)".
      • You may need to allow everyone to write to the current directory if you receive the error "AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: Error: BtrieveClient.FileCreate():94:Permission error".