IBM VisualAge RPG and Cooperative Development Environment for AS/400 Tutorial Readme

This tutorial teaches you how to use the IBM VisualAge RPG and Cooperative Development Environment for AS/400 (VisualAge RPG and CODE/400) product by building a customer inquiry application.

Hardware and Software Prerequisites

Configuring the Browser

AS/400 PTFs

Running the Tutorial

Hardware and Software Prerequisites

To complete the CODE/400 and VisualAge RPG exercises, the following hardware and software applications must be installed:

Hardware Prerequisites

• Pentium P-100 processor or higher
• 64 MB of memory
• 350 MB free hard disk space
• SVGA monitor
• 93 MB of AS/400 memory

Software Prerequisites

• IBM VisualAge RPG and Cooperative Development Environment for AS/400, Version 3 Release 2 Modification 3
• Communications software such as IBM Peronal Communications for Windows
• Emulation software such as IBM Peronal Communications for Windows
• Client/Server connectivity software such as TCP/IP
• IBM Operating System for AS/400, Version 3 Release 2 or later
• ILE RPG for AS/400, Version 3 Release 2 Modification 2
• ADTSLAB save library restored on your AS/400
• ADTSLAB PTFs

For additional information on the prerequisite hardware and software, refer to Installing VisualAge RPG and CODE/400 for AS/400, SC09-2446 at URL:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/online/v4r4eng.htm

Select Category bookshelves for V4R4 --> AD, Languages, and Tools.

Configuring the Browser

On Windows NT 4.0 and 95, the default browser is Internet Explorer 2.0. The VisualAge RPG and CODE/400 tutorial will not work with this browser, since it does not support frames.

Important: For help to work properly, you need to install a frames-capable browser with JavaScript and Java enabled selected before you start the tutorial.

We recommend Netscape Navigator 4.07 or above, or Internet Explorer 4.01 or above. Other frames-capable browsers may work, but they may handle certain HTML tags, JavaScript, and Java differently. Consequently, the tutorial may not appear to function properly if you do not use one of the recommended browsers.

AS/400 PTFs

In general, we recommend that you load the latest cumulative fixes onto your AS/400.

For the most up-to-date information on available PTFs, go to the VisualAge RPG and CODE/400 Web site at URL:

http://www.ibm.com/software/ad/varpg

Select the Support hyperlink from the left hand frame.

You can link to and view the most current list of AS/400 PTFs from this page.

Be sure to install any required Debugger PTFs. Several of the examples make use of updated AS/400 files in the ADTSLAB library. To try these examples, you need to apply the appropriate ADTSLAB PTFs.

In order to use library ADTSLAB for your tutorial, you have to restore library ADTSLAB from this Savefile using the AS/400 command RSTLIB.

Running the Tutorial

1. Download the tutorial.
2. Unzip the tutorial. (Use an unzip utility that supports long names in order for the tutorial to unzip and run properly.) Be sure to preserve the directory structure provided.
3. Open the ADTSCS folder.
4. Double click on the index.html file.
5. Logon to the tutorial by entering your name and password. You may choose anything you wish for a password.
6. Click on Introducing the Tutorial for an introduction to the tutorial and the lessons.
7. After reading the introduction, click on Developing a Host Application or Developing a Client Application to begin the exercises.