Ibm Visualage For Java - IBM AS/400e User Handbook Manual

IBM VisualAge for Java

Enterprise Toolkit for AS/400 (ET/400)
IBM VisualAge for Java is a client product, separately priced from OS/400. It is a powerful,
rapid application development tool for building Java-compatible applications, applets, and
JavaBean components supporting IBM's Visual Construction from parts. Delta changes are
compiled automatically and incrementally using VisualAge for Java.
VisualAge for Java comes in two packages: the Professional Edition and the Enterprise
Edition. ET/400 is part of the Enterprise Edition Version 2.0 of VisualAge for Java only.
ET/400, formerly known as AS/400 feature in Version 1.0.1 of VisualAge for Java, is
enhanced and fully integrated into the IBM VisualAge for Java Version 2.0.
In addition to the advanced integrated development environment (IDE) of VisualAge for Java,
ET/400 makes the job of developing Java client and server programs targeting AS/400 much
easier.
VisualAge for Java offers these functions:
• Create Java graphical user interface (GUI) for existing 5250 displays.
• Convert your existing Data Description Specifications (DDS) display files of your
current RPG or COBOL program to Java AWT files using the Convert Display File
SmartGuide feature in OS/400.
• Call your AS/400 program in Java programs.
• With the Create AS/400 Program Call SmartGuide, the code is generated for you. Data
conversion between AS/400 system and the Java data type is also handled for you.
• Deploy your Java program to the AS/400 system.
After developing Java code using VisualAge for Java, you can export the files to the
AS/400 Integrated File System and compile them for better performance. This can be
done using the Export Java Files and Compile AS/400 Java Class SmartGuides. You can
then use the graphical debugger available in Code/400.
• IBM AS/400 Toolbox for Java classes available inside VisualAge for Java IDE.
All of the IBM AS/400 Toolbox for Java classes are loaded into the VisualAge for Java IDE
at installation time. Therefore, you can use them inside the workbench, as well as in the
Visual Composition Editor, without downloading. Toolbox for Java is a set of Java
programs that enables the Internet programming model. These can be used to access
AS/400 resources.
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