WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries : Bringing New Life into 5250 Applications.

Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 Navigating the WebSphere maze -- Chapter 1. What is under the WebSphere umbrella -- 1.1 Deploying the Web for e-business -- 1.1.1 What is a Web server -- 1.2 Adding dynamic content to Web sites -- 1.2.1 Non-Java-based applications and database serving standards -- 1.2.2 Java-based technologies -- 1.3 Developing and deploying Web applications -- 1.3.1 What is a Web application -- 1.3.2 The purpose and use of the WebSphere Application Server -- 1.4 iSeries: A flexible application server for the Web -- 1.5 The IBM suite of host/server access products -- 1.5.1 Methods to combine new Web applications with existing applications -- 1.6 Web-to-host integration tools comparison -- 1.6.1 Host On-Demand -- 1.6.2 WebFacing Tool -- 1.6.3 Host Publisher -- 1.6.4 Web Interaction wizard -- 1.6.5 Comparison table -- Chapter 2. Creating applications for iSeries: A new set of tools -- 2.1 IBM WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries -- 2.1.1 ILE RPG -- 2.1.2 ILE C/C++ -- 2.1.3 ILE COBOL -- 2.1.4 Application Development ToolSet (ADTS) -- 2.2 WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries -- 2.2.1 WebSphere Studio family -- 2.2.2 A new concept -- 2.2.3 Follow-on product for WebSphere Development Tools -- 2.2.4 WebFacing Tool -- 2.2.5 Web Tools - iSeries Extensions -- 2.2.6 Java Tools - iSeries Extensions -- 2.2.7 CoOperative Development Environment (CODE) -- 2.2.8 VisualAge RPG -- 2.3 More information -- Chapter 3. New GUI framework -- 3.1 Eclipse: The start of a new era of tools -- 3.2 A new approach to the application development process -- 3.3 Components of the Eclipse GUI framework -- 3.3.1 Perspectives -- 3.3.2 Views -- 3.3.3 Editors -- 3.4 Development Studio Client features -- 3.4.1 Common features.

3.4.2 iSeries-specific features -- 3.5 Online help -- Part 2 Installation and configuration -- Chapter 4. Setting up the iSeries environment -- 4.1 Overview of the required software components -- 4.2 Configuring IBM WebSphere Application Server for iSeries -- 4.2.1 Installing and configuring the WebSphere Application Server instance -- 4.2.2 Starting the WebSphere Application Server -- 4.2.3 Creating and starting additional administrative servers -- 4.3 Installing and starting the IBM WebSphere Administrative Console on the PC client -- 4.3.1 Installing the WebSphere Administrative Console -- 4.3.2 Starting the WebSphere Administrative Console -- 4.3.3 Working with the WebSphere Application Server installation -- 4.4 Setting up and configuring the IBM HTTP Server for iSeries -- 4.4.1 Starting an administrative server instance -- 4.4.2 Creating a new HTTP server -- 4.4.3 Starting the HTTP Server (powered by Apache) instance -- 4.5 Verifying the installation -- 4.6 Starting WebFacing jobs -- Chapter 5. Setting up the client environment -- 5.1 Installing WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console -- 5.2 Installing WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries -- Part 3 Working with iSeries applications on a workstation -- Chapter 6. Introduction to the sample applications -- 6.1 Overview of the Order Entry application -- 6.1.1 The ABC Company -- 6.1.2 The ABC Company database -- 6.1.3 Application files -- 6.1.4 Database table structure -- 6.1.5 Customer transaction flow -- 6.2 Overview of the Customer Master Inquiry -- 6.2.1 Starting the application -- Chapter 7. iSeries extensions (plug-ins) in Development Studio Client -- 7.1 Introduction to using Remote Systems Explorer -- 7.2 Perspectives -- 7.3 Profiles -- 7.4 Connections -- 7.5 Subsystems and filters -- 7.5.1 Subsystems -- 7.5.2 Filters -- Chapter 8. Working with CODE.

8.1 What is code -- 8.2 Connections to iSeries -- 8.2.1 Managing system connections -- 8.2.2 Using the CODE Communication Console -- 8.3 Managing your environment with Remote Systems Explorer -- 8.3.1 Subsystems and filtering -- 8.4 Creating object filters to select only source physical files -- 8.5 Editing the source code -- 8.5.1 CODE Editor -- 8.5.2 CODE Designer -- 8.6 Library list and compiling -- 8.7 Debugging ILE programs with Distributed Debugger -- 8.7.1 Starting the debugger -- 8.8 Getting help -- Chapter 9. Introduction to VisualAge RPG -- 9.1 VisualAge RPG features -- 9.2 VisualAge RPG Language Reference -- 9.3 Programming with VARPG -- 9.3.1 Starting the VARPG Designer -- 9.3.2 The VARPG GUI Designer -- 9.4 Creating a simple GUI subfile application -- 9.5 Additional information -- Part 4 Bringing your existing applications to the Web -- Chapter 10. WebFacing Tool -- 10.1 Sample application -- 10.1.1 Using the WebFacing Tool to convert DDS -- 10.1.2 Testing your application inside Development Studio Client for iSeries -- 10.1.3 Creating your own styles -- 10.1.4 The user ID and password the application runs under -- 10.1.5 Exporting a WebFacing project -- 10.1.6 Deploying a Web application with WebSphere Administrative Console -- 10.1.7 Launching the converted application in a browser -- 10.1.8 Creating a file share in the iSeries integrated file system (IFS) -- 10.2 Security considerations -- 10.3 Hints and tips for working with the WebFacing Tool -- Chapter 11. iSeries Web development tools in Development Studio Client -- 11.1 Introduction to design-time control -- 11.2 Developing the Web application -- 11.2.1 Using design-time control -- 11.2.2 Using the Web Interaction wizard -- 11.2.3 Testing application in Development Studio Client -- 11.2.4 Debugging a Web application with a host program call.

11.2.5 Exporting the Web application to production -- 11.2.6 Subfile DTC APIs -- 11.2.7 Example code -- 11.3 Program Call beans -- 11.3.1 Creating Program Call beans -- 11.3.2 Calling an iSeries program or procedure -- Chapter 12. XML is everywhere -- 12.1 Why XML -- 12.2 What is XML -- 12.3 XML is important -- 12.4 The benefits of XML -- 12.5 XML in WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries -- 12.6 Editors -- 12.6.1 XML editor -- 12.6.2 DTD editor -- 12.6.3 XML Schema editor -- 12.6.4 XSL trace editor -- 12.6.5 XML-to-XML mapping editor -- 12.6.6 XML and SQL query wizard -- 12.6.7 RDB-to-XML mapping editor -- Part 5 Appendixes -- Appendix A. Additional material -- Locating the Web material -- Using the Web material -- System requirements for downloading the Web material -- How to use the Web material -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.

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