ASA Programming Guide
Deploying Databases and Applications
Deployment overview
There are two ways to deploy Adaptive Server Anywhere:
Use the Adaptive Server Anywhere installation You can make the Setup program available to your end-users. By selecting the proper option, each end-user is guaranteed of getting the files they need.
This is the simplest solution for many deployment cases. In this case, you must still provide your end users with a method for connecting to the database server (such as an ODBC data source).
For more information, see Using a silent installation for deployment.
Develop your own installation There may be reasons for you to develop your own installation program that includes Adaptive Server Anywhere files. This is a more complicated option, and most of this chapter addresses the needs of those who are developing their own installation.
If Adaptive Server Anywhere has already been installed for the server type and operating system required by the client application architecture, the required files can be found in the appropriately named subdirectory, located in the Adaptive Server Anywhere installation directory.
For example, assuming the default installation directory was chosen, the win32 subdirectory of your installation directory contains the files required to run the server for Windows operating systems.
As well, users of InstallShield Professional 5.5 and up can use the SQL Anywhere Studio InstallShield Template Projects to deploy their own application. This feature allows you to quickly build your application's installation using the entire template project, or just the parts that apply to your install.
Whichever option you choose, you must not violate the terms of your license agreement.