Installing the iSeries Toolbox for Java

The iSeries Toolbox for Java is shipped on the Host Access Toolkit DVD-ROM. It consists of a set of Java classes that enable you to write client/server applications and applets that work with data residing on your iSeries system. You can also run these applications on the i5/OS and OS/400 Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

The Toolbox uses iSeries servers as access points to the system. Each server runs as a separate job on the iSeries, and each job sends and receives datastreams on a socket connection.

The access classes provide low-level access to the following iSeries resources:

Databases via a JDBC driver or record-level access
Integrated File System
Programs
Commands
Data queues
Print
Digital certificates
Jobs
Message queues
Users and groups
User spaces

Graphical programming interfaces are available for:

Databases (both JDBC and record-level access)
Command call
Data queues
Integrated
File system
Jobs
Message queues
Print
Program call
Users and groups

The following files are located on the Host Access Toolkit CD, not the i5/OS (formerly OS/400) CD:

jt400_all.zip contains jt400.zip, jt400.jar, utilities files, and help and message files
jt400_doc_en.zip contains the Programmer's Guide in English
jt400_doc_ja.zip contains the Programmer's Guide in Japanese
jt400_doc_ko.zip contains the Programmer's Guide in Korean
jt400_doc_zh.zip contains the Programmer's Guide in Simplified Chinese (PRC)
jt400_doc_es.zip contains the Programmer's Guide in Spanish
jt400_doc_zh_TW.zip contains the Programmer's Guide in Traditional Chinese.

To install the iSeries Toolbox for Java on your workstation, unzip the appropriate files. For example, if you want to install the code and the English version of the Programmers Guide, unzip jt400_all.zip and jt400_doc_en.zip .

You must use a utility that supports long filenames.

For additional information on the toolbox, see http://www.as400.ibm.com/toolbox.