Using Btrieve with C on Windows x64

Documented below is one approach to using the Btrieve 2 SDK for the C programming language. In this example, we will use Visual Studio 2019 to target a native Windows x64 environment. It is assumed that Zen is already installed and running.

• Install the Btrieve 2 Windows SDK for Zen.
  • https://esd.actian.com/product/Zen_PSQL/SDKs
• Build and execute the Btrieve C sample program.
  • Open the Visual Studio x64 Native Tools Command Prompt.
  • Change directory into the Btrieve 2 SDK directory.
  • Build the Btrieve C sample program.
    • cl -Iinclude win64\x86_64\btrieveC.lib samples\btest.c
  • Execute the Btrieve C sample program.
    • .\btest.exe 9
      • You should see the output "record: (9, 81, 3.000000)".
      • You may need to change the permissions of the current directory if you receive the error "Error: BtrieveClientFileCreate():94:Permission error".

Using Btrieve with C on Ubuntu 20 x64

Documented below is one approach to using the Btrieve 2 SDK for the C programming language. In this example, we will use GNU GCC to target an Ubuntu 20 x64 environment. It is assumed that Zen is already installed and running.

• Install the Btrieve 2 Linux SDK for Zen.
  • https://esd.actian.com/product/Zen_PSQL/SDKs
• Build and execute the Btrieve C sample program.
  • Open a terminal window as a non-"root" user.
  • Change directory into the Btrieve 2 SDK directory.
  • Build the Btrieve C sample program.
    • export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu:/usr/local/actianzen/lib64
    • gcc -o btest -Iinclude -L/usr/local/actianzen/lib64 samples/btest.c -lbtrieveC -lm
  • Execute the Btrieve C sample program.
    • ./btest 9
      • You should see the output "record: (9, 81, 3.000000)".
      • You may need to change the permissions of the current directory if you receive the error "Error: BtrieveClientFileCreate():94:Permission error".