Chapter 4: Building Applications

• To build an Embedded SQL application for the Windows NT or the Windows 95 operating systems, you must compile the application on a computer that is running Windows NT or Windows 95.
• To build an Embedded SQL application for the 16-bit Windows operating system, you must compile the application on a computer that is running MS-DOS or 16-bit Windows.
• To build an Embedded SQL application for the MS-DOS operating system, you must compile the application on a computer that is running MS-DOS version 6.22 or later.

The following illustration shows how application code that contains Embedded SQL statements is compiled, precompiled, and linked, and how the application operates during run time.

When you compile an Embedded SQL application, the general process of creating an executable program is the same regardless of which operating system you are compiling for. The specific procedures for precompiling, compiling, and linking Embedded SQL applications for Windows NT, Windows 95, 16-bit Windows, and MS-DOS are described later in this chapter.