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INFRASTRUCTURE
The POS-2200 infrastruture defines how the software is typically installed on a client computer.

MMCC does not generally use a Windows install package for this software. Almost all clients use a custom version of the system and it is typically installed manually to meet the client's specific requrirements.

All POS-2200 software and data files reside in a single directory structure. Many clients put everything in a single folder. This makes physical management very easy. Backups are often made by burning a CD or DVD of this folder. The system can be moved to another computer by simply copying the entire folder to its new home.

In a network environment, the entire system remains resident on one machine. That machine can be a server running something like Windows NT or Windows 2000 but it can also be just another Windows machine in a peer-to-peer network. The system can also be run from a Linus or UNIX server with attached Windows work stations.

POS-2200 is written in the PL/B language using the Visual PL/B development suite. This implementation of the ANSI standard PL/B allows the software to be deployed in a number of LAN, Wide-Area Network, and Internet variations.

The database structure uses file structures defined by the ANSI PL/B standard. Data is stored in flat files which are accessed via separate index files. POS-2200 is generally designed around individual flat file tables rather than using one massive data file to contain all tables. This allows clients with very large data files to easily distribute the data over multiple servers.

The PL/B language has been used internationally since about 1972. A testiment to the care of the language developers is that programs written for the earliest versions of the language can be complied and run, unchanged, using the most recent Microsoft dotNet version of PL/B. Even the old data structures can be used.

ODBC compliant data interchange can be implemented if a client require it.

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