J.Pluta
01-01-1995, 02:00 AM
<font color=blue>On Wednesday, November 11, 1998, 12:54 PM, Gary Clive Shipp wrote: I have recently started experimenting with the idea of using my companys AS400 as a server for Java Programs being ran on PC's. i'm struggling however on what i have to do to start using Java on the 400. Presumably, something has to be installed, but i'm not sure if development tools and whatever are in place. Is something akin to PDM used?? We already have TCPIP in place to use Client Access to converse between the AS400 and PC's </font><hr> Java support is native to the AS/400 as of V4R2. You can get PTFs to run Java for some previous releases (V3R2, V3R7, and V4R1) as well. In either case, you will get something called the Java Toolbox for the AS/400. Among other things, you'll get a har file called jt400.jar, which contains a boatload of classes to directly access the AS/400. In order to find more information on Java and IBM, you need to start at IBM's JCenter by clicking <A > href="http://www.ibm.com/java/">here</A>. To get the required downloads for pre-V4R2, go here (http://www.ibm.com/java/jdk/download/). You'll have to register, but then you get access to the Java Developer Area at Hursley, which has loads of goodies. Let's see here... oh yes! You should get a good IDE. Personally, I'm using Borland (oops, INPRISE) JBuilder2/400, which is pricey but very nice. Tell me a little more about what you plan on doing and maybe I can help (currently, I'm writing lots of record-level access stuff). Joe