MyWEST - Modify MANIFEST

How to support a new database

1. With your favorite archiver (e.g. PowerArchiver 2001) (Figure 1), which must support jar format, open MyWEST.jar and extract MANIFEST.MF file to the root of a disk drive maintaining its original path (\Meta-inf\Manifest.mf), as shown in Figure 2.
   
   

   Figure 1. "Meta-inf" extraction path

   
   

   Figure 2. "Manifest.mf" file

   
   
   
2. Edit Manifest.mf with a text editor, Notepad for example, and focus on "Class-Path" line (Figure 3).
   
   

   Figure 3. "Class-Path" line

   
   
   
3. Add at the end of "Class-Path" line the name, with the extension, of a proper JDBC driver to install (Figure 4), and save the modified Manifest.mf file.
   
   

   Figure 4. JDBC drivers

   
   
   
4. Once modified the Manifest.mf file, update the MyWEST.jar file by dropping the whole Meta-inf directory into the MyWEST.jar file.
   
   REMEMBER TO SET COMPRESSION OPTION TO "None" IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A COMPATIBLE JAR FILE (Figure 5).
   
   

   Figure 5. Update Manifest.mf in MyWEST.jar file

   
   
   
5. Modify accordingly also Manifest.inf file present in MyWEST-Up.jar file.
   
   
6. Copy the new JDBC driver file in MyWEST\ directory.