The General tab includes general information about the DBMS in which the Optim™ Directory is stored. This information includes the DBMS type, version, and code page, and whether the Optim Directory data is kept in Unicode or multi-byte format.

The type and version of the DBMS for the database in which the Optim Directory is stored.
You can select the code page for the specified DBMS, however Optim can generally ascertain the correct code page from the database. The supported code pages include the following pages:
| Code Page | Description |
|---|---|
| 437 | US English |
| 850 | International Multilingual |
| 860 | Portuguese |
| 863 | Canadian, French |
| 865 | Nordic |
| 1250 | Eastern European |
| 1251 | Cyrillic |
| 1252 | US/Western European ANSI or Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1) |
| 1253 | Greek |
| 1254 | Turkish |
| 1255 | Hebrew |
| 1256 | Arabic |
| 1257 | Baltic Rim |
| blank | Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows NT |
A check indicates that Optim Directory data is kept in Unicode format. This setting cannot be changed and Data is Kept in Unicode Format is displayed only when you are connected to an Optim Directory in a DBMS for which Unicode is supported.
A check indicates that Optim Directory data is kept in multi-byte format. This setting cannot be changed and Data is Kept in Multi-byte Format is displayed only when you are connected to an Optim Directory in a DBMS for which multi-byte is supported.