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OSession - The Oracle Session Manager - Version 2.2.2
Copyright (c) 1995-2001 by Material Dreams.
All Rights Reserved.
http://www.materialdreams.com
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PURPOSE:
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This utility allows to see the active sessions on an Oracle server.
The most important parameter of a session can be viewed and a session
can be killed. The application allows to set a refresh timeout and
to automatically log on with the last used connection parameters.
After the successful logon the application shows you the list of the
active sessions on your instance and allows you to print the list
or to modify a selected session.
After a session has been selected you might create a popup menu with
the left mouse button to see the details of a session or to kill
the specified session.


LICENSE:
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Please consult the License.TXT file for licensing information
and on how to register this application.


INSTALLATION:
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Copy the file TabExp.EXE in the TabExp distribution to a convenient
directory. Typically, I keep these files in a directory along with other
small Oracle utilities.

This utility used the native Oracle OCI (Oracle Call Interface) to
access the Oracle server. No additional drivers are needed to connect
to an Oracle server. OCI itself is the low-level API that allows to use
SQL in an Oracle SQL*Net environment.

This 32-Bit version of TabExp used OCI Version 8.x. The specific DLL that
contains the OCI implementation is OCIW32.DLL.

Usually OCI is automatically installed during the installation process of
SQL*Net and should be always available.


USAGE:
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Just start the executable with or without command line arguments.
It is possible to specify all needed command line arguments or
to only specify the -u, -p and -s arguments to automatically log
into the oracle server.

The following command line arguments will be processed:
Usage: TabExp -u -p -s [-h]
       -u ... user name
       -p ... password
       -s ... server
       -h ... help


VERSION HISTORY:
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Version 2.2.2 - 22-DEC-2000
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Internal changes and adapted to new CI.


Version 2.2.1 - 03-JUN-2000
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A problem in the online registration process
has been corrected. You must use version 2.2.1
or higher in order to register the application
successfully.

Version 2.2.0 - 25-MAY-2000
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(1) The application now supports online registration
and will expire after a 30 day trial period.
(2) The new MS IE5 list controls are now used.
The list should now be more reliable and fix a
few update errors.
(3) Fix small update problems when working with a
session while the timer-based refresh is running.

Version 2.1.0 - 24-MAY-1999
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The autlogon feature has been replaced by the ability to
use command line arguments for the login.
The exact syntax of the command line arguments that will
be processed by OSession can be found in the Usage section
of this document.
The shareware version now no longer limits the number
of sessions shown but only reminds you of registering the
application.

Application specific changes:
The popup menu should now always appear when pressing the
left mouse button on any part of the selected line.

Version 2.0.0 - 24-JAN-1999
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General changes:
Major new release using a new utility library for all tools.
New login dialog fixes problem with stored connection duplicates
and sets the correct keyboard focus when entering.
New about dialog allows to automatically send email and connect
to the products web page for updates.

Application specific changes:
The popup menu should now always appear when pressing the
left mouse button on any part of the selected line.

Version 1.2.0 - 07-OCT-1998
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This version now does check if the user has all the
needed privileges to the system tables.

Version 1.1.0 - 03-OCT-1998
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The settings in the options dialog will now be saved.
A new auto login option has been added.
Fixed a minor error in the login dialog that did not set the focus correctly.
Added support for printing the list of sessions.
New (nicer) about dialog.

Version 1.0.0 - 26-MAR-1998
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First released version.

Version 0.1.0 - 01-FEB-1998
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First beta version.
