Solutions And Benefits - IBM eserver i5 Handbook

Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004
Graphical toolbox
IBM Toolbox for Java incorporates the following features:
Displays cells in a table column as check boxes
Specifies a minimum height and width for dialogs to ensure proper display of
dialog elements
Specifies that the first column in a table contains a dynamic hierarchical tree,
where each cell corresponds to a tree node
Programmed access to PDF and e-mail services
A new spooled file copy method provides an identical copy of a target spooled file
to be made and routed to an output queue. Application developers can set up a
dynamic, programmed interface to PDF and e-mail services. This is the same
technique used by both iSeries Navigator and iSeries Access for Web to use
Infoprint Server PDF and e-mail functions. The spooled file copy method support
is provided in the form of a functional PTF for IBM Toolbox for Java for V5R2.
The spooled copy method enables the application developer to create an API-like
process to access PDF services. The developer can monitor the PDF data queue
to see when PDF processing has completed and then proceed with any
"downstream" function with the PDF file. The spooled copy method performs
three functions:
Provides an identical copy of the target spooled file, leaving the target
spooled file as is for other disposition
Enables PDF and e-mail parameters to be associated with the new copy
Drops the spooled file in the target PDF writer queue, which automatically
invokes PDF processing

Solutions and benefits

IBM Toolbox for Java supports the SSL specification. Data flowing between the
workstation and an iSeries running OS/400 V5R1 or later can run across an SSL
connection providing data encryption and server authentication.
IBM Toolbox for Java uses the iSeries Host Servers as access points to the
system. Because IBM Toolbox for Java uses communication functions built into
Java, you do not need to use iSeries Access Express for Windows to use IBM
Toolbox for Java. Each server runs in a separate job on the server, and each
server job sends and receives data streams on a socket connection.
IBM Toolbox for Java is Java-compatible so it can run on any platform that fully
supports the JVM 1.1.8 specification, supports Java applets and applications,
and provides JavaBeans for most public interfaces. It uses OS/400 servers as the
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