Installing DOS and Windows applications under OS/2 V2.0 is in most cases very similar to installing them in their native environments. However, since OS/2 V2.0 is a true multitasking operating system, we should ensure that the installation programs do not introduce incompatibilities with existing programs. The flexibility in tailoring the virtual DOS machine environment for these programs, also gives us an opportunity to easily tune DOS settings to suit our needs.
OS/2 V2.0 has a utility to help users place their application icons onto the desktop after they have been installed. The utility uses information stored in a migration database that is shipped with OS/2 V2.0.
Systems administrators can use another utility to create their own migration database to install their corporation's unique applications.
This chapter discusses the installation of DOS and Windows applications under OS/2 V2.0. It also shows how to use the application migration utilities shipped with OS/2 V2.0.
We describe the use of the migration program in this chapter, and show an example of how to use the PARSEDB utility to create a customized migration database.