Eclipse is a platform for building and deploying client applications in which the majority of data manipulation is done by the client application rather than the server. This platform is known as a Rich Client Platform (RCP). The platform provides the ability to deploy native graphical user interface (GUI) applications to a variety of desktop operating systems, and present the user with a simple, consistent view.
The CICS Explorer® is an Eclipse RCP based GUI application that runs on the Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. The user interface to the applications is through the Workbench, a graphical multi-window environment built into Eclipse. The Eclipse platform is structured as subsystems that are implemented in one or more plug-ins. The subsystems are built on a small runtime engine.
CICS Explorer help runs on the Eclipse help system which operates as a web server listening only for local requests.
If you are not familiar with using Eclipse, you can visit the Eclipse Workbench User Guide for further information.
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