Installing MTS Development Samples and Documentation

[This product will work only on Windows NT 4.0 versions and earlier. For Windows 2000 and later, see COM+ (Component Services).]

You install Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) development samples and documentation by using the Custom setup option. The following list describes the MTS components installed with each setup option.

• Minimal

Installs the MTS run-time environment and MTS Explorer.

• Typical

Installs the MTS run-time environment, MTS Explorer, and MTS core documentation.

• Custom

Installs the MTS run-time environment, MTS Explorer, MTS core documentation, MTS development samples, and MTS development documentation.

It is highly recommended that you use the Custom install option in order to obtain MTS development samples and documentation. Reviewing the MTS development samples and documentation will provide a more thorough understanding of the packages and components that you manage. For example, you can use the MTS Sample Bank and Tic-Tac-Toe development samples to practice deploying and administrating packages in the MTS Explorer. The sample applications also help you confirm that you have correctly installed MTS.

The MTS development documentation explains the design decisions that determine how components are packaged, such as activation settings and transactional properties. Along with discussions of MTS programming concepts (such as sharing state), the MTS Programmer’s Guide also contains an tutorial that describes how to install and configure the Sample Bank application.

    To obtain MTS development samples and documentation after you have already installed the Minimum or Typical install:

1. Open the Start menu, click Settings, and then Control Panel.
2. Select the Add/Remove Programs option, click Microsoft Transaction Server, and then the Add/Remove button.

Note that if you uninstall MTS, user-defined packages will be removed. If you want to maintain your user-defined packages, install MTS without removing the previous installation.

1. From the setup program, select the Reinstall/Add button.
2. Select the Microsoft Transaction Server option, and click the Show Subcomponents button.
3. Verify that all MTS subcomponent checkboxes have been selected.
4. Click OK.