Some ODBC applications display a logon dialog box when you are connecting to a data source. In these cases, the data source name has already been specified.
In this dialog box, provide the following information:
1. In the Host Name field, type the name or IP address of the host machine on which the Informix server resides.
The IP address can be specified in either IPv4 or IPv6 format, or a combination of the two. See Using IP Addresses for details concerning these formats.
2. In the Port Number field, type the port number of the server listener.
3. In the Server Name field, type the name of the Informix server.
4. In the Database Name field, type the name of the database to which you want to connect.
5. If required, type your user name as specified on the Informix server.
6. If required, type your password.
7. Click OK to complete the logon and to update these values in the Registry.
