Distributing Your Programs

This section pertains only to users who are licensed to redistribute the Amzi! Prolog Runtime.

In order package up your PLM files into a distributable module, you first need to create an XPL file for your application as described in the section on A4LNK.

For command-line environments like the Windows Console, Solaris or Linux, you need to create an EXE file. The simplist way to do this is to copy A4RUN.EXE to YOURPROG.EXE, where your compiled and linked Prolog module is called YOURPROG.XPL. When YOURPROG.EXE is run, it will automatically run YOURPROG.XPL. The source code for A4RUN is included in the 'source' directory. It is in file ARUN.CPP. A VC++ 4.0 make file is included as well, which is A4RUN.MAK.

To ship your program to other users, the following files are required:

A host program written in C/C++, Java, Delphi, Visual Basic or any other language or tool that calls the Amzi! dynamic library runtime. (For command-line programs, it can simply be the EXE file copied or created from A4RUN.)
The Amzi! Prolog dynamic library runtime (DLL or SO):

AMZI4.DLL for Windows applications
AMZI4C.DLL for Windows Console applications
LIBAMZI4.SO for Unix applications

Your XPL file (from A4LNK, which contains a PLM file with a main/0 predicate).
Optionally, any required Logic Server Extensions such as A4WINC.LSX, A4SOCK.LSX, etc.
Optionally, any other supporting files, such as user-modifiable PRO files.
Optionally, an INI file for setting stack sizes and other options.

Your users simply copy these files into a directory and run the program by typing its name at the operating system prompt. If that directory is in their PATH statement, they can run your application from any directory on their machine.

Redistributable Files

The following files may be distributed with your Amzi! Prolog application:

A4RUN.EXE
AMZI4.DLL, AMZI4C.DLL
A4J_JS10.DLL, A4J_MS10.DLL
*.LSX

You may distribute the contents of the following files if they are linked into your XPL file (A4LIB.PLM is always linked in):

A4CGI.PLM, A4LIB.PLM, A4SOCK.PLM, DOS.PLM, LIST.PLM, 
LS4ODBC.PLM, MISC.PLM

You may distribute the following files if they are linked into your EXE file:

AMZI4.LIB, AMZI4B.LIB, AMZI4C.LIB

You may incorporate all or part of any of the sample or library files (in the SAMPLES and SOURCE subdirectories) into your applications, but you may not distribute the source code in any form (see your License Agreement for details).

You may not distribute any other files not explicitly listed here without the prior written authorization of Amzi! inc. This includes, but is not limited to the system software files, A4BLD.EXE, A4LIS.EXE, A4LIS.XPL, A4CMP.EXE, A4CMP.XPL, A4IDEA.EXE, A4IDEW.EXE, A4IDL.XPL, A4LNK.EXE, A4LNK.DLL, A4PKG.EXE, and source code for files that support the development of Logic Server applications, such as AMZI4.H, AMZI4.BAS, and AMZI4.PAS.