Plug-in Manager
Use this page to install, enable, or disable plug-ins for the OpenAdmin Tool (OAT) for Informix®.
Prerequisite: If you created your own
plug-in, first copy the compressed plug-in file into the OATDirectory/plugin_install directory.
For example: C:\Program Files\OpenAdmin\Apache_2.2.16\htdocs\openadmin\plugin_install.
The plug-in is displayed in the Plug-ins Not Yet Installed list
on the Plug-in Manager page.
- Installed Plug-ins
- This list provides the following information about the plug-ins
that are installed in OAT.
- Name
- The name of the plug-in.
- Author
- The individual or organization that contributed the plug-in.
- Version
- The version of the plug-in.
- Server Version
- The earliest version of the IBM® Informix database server that the plug-in supports, as specified in the plug-in xml file.
- Latest Installed
- An indicator of whether the latest version of the plug-in is installed, based on the URL for updates that is specified in the plug-in xml file. If no URL is specified or OAT cannot access the URL, a question mark (?) is displayed.
- Enabled
- Select the check box to enable the plug-in.
- Uninstall
- Important: The plug-in compressed file is deleted when the plug-in is installed. After the plug-in is uninstalled, it cannot be reinstalled until the plug-in compressed file is restored to the plug-in directory.
Click to uninstall the plug-in.
- Plug-ins Not Yet Installed
- This list provides the following information about the plug-ins
that are ready to be installed.
- Name
- The name of the plug-in, as specified in the plug-in xml file.
- Description
- The description of the plug-in, as specified in the plug-in xml file.
- Author
- The organization or individual that contributed the plug-in, as specified in the plug-in xml file.
- Version
- The version of the plug-in, as specified in the plug-in xml file.
- Server Version
- The earliest version of the Informix database server that the plug-in supports, as specified in the plug-in xml file.
- Minimum OAT Version
- The earliest version of OAT that the plug-in supports, as specified in the plug-in xml file.
- Install
- Click to install the plug-in. The menu item for the plug-in is displayed on the OAT menu. You can change the position of the menu item for the plug-in on the Menu Manager page.