Installing a DataBlade module

To install a DataBlade module for testing and debugging, create a project directory and copy the necessary files to it. Create the project directory under $INFORMIXDIR/extend. The name of the project directory is what BladeManager uses as the DataBlade module name.

A good project naming strategy is to combine the project name and version numbers you entered in the New Project wizard in BladeSmith. For example, the Circle project, Version 1.0, can be in $INFORMIXDIR/extend/Circle.1.0. HCL Informix® DataBlade modules also include a string indicating the build platform and minor release: for example, 1.0.UC1.TC2, where UC1 is the first UNIX major release, and TC2 is the second Windows minor release.

To copy the necessary files to the project directory, use one of these methods:

Use BladePack to create an installation directory for your DataBlade module and then copy that directory into the module subdirectory under $INFORMIXDIR/extend.
Copy the project.bld file and the contents of the scripts directory into the project directory.