Using the SHOWCFG utility in Windows

Installation and Configuration

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The SHOWCFG utility displays product installation and configuration information for each OpenEdge product installed on your system. The following table describes the different ways to run the SHOWCFG utility.

Table 26. Running the SHOWCFG utility
To run the SHOWCFG utility from the ...	Then ...
Start menu	Choose OpenEdge® > Config
OpenEdge Group menu	Double-click the Config icon
Command line of the Proenv window	Type the showcfg command

The SHOWCFG utility opens the OpenEdge Configuration Information dialog box to display the product configuration information stored in the OpenEdge configuration file progress.cfg. This file is created and modified during product installation.

The following figure shows a typical display of the OpenEdge Configuration Information dialog box.

Figure 1. OpenEdge Configuration Information dialog box from the SHOWCFG utility

The following table identifies and briefly describes the detailed information that appears for each OpenEdge product you install on your system.

Table 27. Display fields associated with the SHOWCFG utility
This display field ...	Identifies the ...
Product Name	Name of the installed product
Installation Date	Date the product was installed
Expiration Date	Date the license expires
Serial Number	Number associated with the license agreement
Control Numbers	Numbers used by the OpenEdge installation software
Version Number	Software product version
Machine Class	Tier code associated with the license agreement
Port Number	Platform on which the software product is installed

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Details about SHOWCFG functions in Windows