Running the Rich Client sample

About this task

Do the following to run the Rich Client sample application:

Procedure

  1. From the RAD or eclipse tool bar, click Run… to open its configuration dialog box.

    Screen capture showing how to open the Run configuration dialog box

  2. In the dialog box that pops up, double-click Eclipse Application tab to create a new configuration. In the Main tab, check the Run an application checkbox, and select com.ibm.btt.rcp.sample.application in the dropdown list as the Rich Client application.

    creating a new run configuration and launch the sample

    Choose useful plug-ins to run this application. Click Plug-ins Tab. Then select Choose plug-ins and fragments to launch from the list checkbox. First, click Deselect All , then check Workspace plug-ins > com.ibm.btt.rcp.sample(1.0.0), then click Add required plug-ins, you can click validate plug-in set to validate your runtime plug-in configuration.

    Screen capture of the sign in page of Rich Client sample

    Then click Run to launch the Rich Client sample.

  3. The sign in dialog box is displayed:
  4. In this Rich Client sample, there are also two users: user01 and user02. The password is the same with the user name. For different users, the workplaces are different.
    1. If you sign in as user01, make sure you have Microsoft® Word installed first. The Word File in Navigator view shows the word integration. Your workplace is as follows:
    2. If you sign in as user02, make sure that you have Microsoft Outlook and Word installed. The Word File in Navigator view shows the word integration. The Calendar and Tasks views show the integration with Microsoft Outlook. Your workplace is as follows:
  5. Navigation items instruction: After launching the BTT RCP Sample, The navigation tree shows two parts: Integration and Transaction. See the following figure:
    1. The Transaction demonstrates typical bank transaction scenarios.
    2. The Integration shows this rich client application has the adopting ability for 3rd party applications like Microsoft word, Microsoft excel and Java Swing application.
  6. You can try the sample transactions such as querying account summary information, transferring and opening an account. Take account summary query transaction as an example:
    1. Double-click Account Summary in the Navigator View, or input 0050 quick launch code in Launch text field, the Customer Account Query view is displayed. Input user01 in the customer id field, and click Query. The result is displayed as follows:
    2. Double-click the first item in the table, the Account Summary Details Dialog is displayed:
  7. You can try Apply Credit Card to launch a transaction flow. This flow is xml based and can navigate from one transaction state to another. Take a try to key in fields in the pages and click Continue, Next… buttons to see how the XUI page flow runs under the arrangement of XUI Flow engine. With your different choice, XUI Flow will arrange to launch different UI pages.
  8. Integration: click Integrations items to see the integration function of BTT Rich Client.
    1. After the start of this application, you can see the web application integration to open an IBM® website on top-right of this sample. It contains address bar and tool bar for user to use.
    2. Click Java Swing Application, you can see the integration of Swing application.
    3. Click Word File, you can see the integration of Microsoft® Word application integration, you should have installed Word before you launch this function.
    4. When you login as user02, you will see the integration of Microsoft® Outlook Task and Calendar, double click the contents in them will invoke outlook in working area.