If you are new to the Btrieve® record management system, you should read this chapter before installing and configuring NetWare Btrieve. It provides a general introduction to the NetWare Btrieve components and how they work with Btrieve-based applications.
If you have used Btrieve before, you may want to skip to the example diagrams of Btrieve architecture, which begin in Examples of Btrieve Architecture.
This chapter includes the following sections: