Net.Data uses an initialization file to customize settings and to configure language environments and search paths. The location of the file, as well as its contents and syntax, depends on the platform and API you use. Review the documentation for your platform for details in the appendix of Net.Data Reference Guide.
The basic information contained in the initialization file is common across all platforms, and is specified using one of three recognized configuration statements. These statement types are:
Some systems can improve performance with additional configuration to enable live connection, which maintains persistent database connections, and using a Web server application programming interface (API). Net.Data supports these APIs, depending on your platform: