Tivoli Service Desk 6.0 Developer's Toolkit Interface Designer Guide

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Description

Developer's Toolkit is the development environment for the TSD Script programming language. Using Developer's Toolkit and other applications in the Tivoli Service Desk suite, you can develop Developer's Toolkit applications. Developer's Toolkit provides features that enable your enterprise to:

This book provides an introduction to Developer's Toolkit as well as procedures for use, technical information, instructions for planning and installation.

The Tivoli Service Desk 6.0 Developer's Toolkit Legacy APIs Guide explains the use of EHLLAPI and CPIC. EHLLAPI allows an application to interact with a mainframe by sending commands to the emulator card in a workstation. CPIC provides a consistent API for applications that require application-to-application communication. In some cases, instructions are given for performing tasks from the Developer's Toolkit graphical user interface (GUI) or from the command prompt.

Who Should Read This Book

The Tivoli Service Desk 6.0 Developer's Toolkit Legacy APIs Guide should be used by people who configure or customize applications at your site. Users of the book should have knowledge of the following:

What This Book Contains

The Tivoli Service Desk 6.0 Developer's Toolkit Legacy APIs Guide contains the following chapters.

Other Books in This Library

In addition to this book, the Developer's Toolkit documentation set includes several other books that may help you.

Typeface Conventions

Several typeface conventions are used to call attention to different uses of text within the body of this book.

Bold is used for information that you must type exactly as shown in any instructive text. Example: Type c:/dev.kb at the prompt.

Italics are used for new terms and values that you must provide. Example: Type your ID in the ID box.

Monospace fonts are used for code examples. Example: else if x > y

Special Elements

This book uses icons as visual cues to help you locate special information presented as notes, cautions, and tips to further assist you as you use the book. These special elements are shown here.

Note: Always read notes. Notes are important points that you should understand. They offer important information, and they explain special circumstances.

Caution: Always read cautions. Cautions alert you that data integrity could be at risk when performing a task or step.

Tip: Tips help you apply the information in the text to your implementation of Developer's Toolkit. They may include shortcuts or time-saving advice.

Product Name Acronyms

Tivoli Systems' product names are often referred to with acronyms. The table that follows shows the most common use of product name acronyms.

Product Name Acronym
Tivoli Service Desk TSD
Tivoli Problem Management TPM
Tivoli Asset Management TAM
Tivoli Change Management TCM
Tivoli Problem Management Network/System Management TPMN/SM

Contacting Customer Support

For support inside the United States for this or any other Tivoli product, contact Tivoli Customer Support in one of the following ways:

For support outside the United States, refer to your Customer Support Handbook for support numbers in your country. The Customer Support Handbook is available online at http://www.support.tivoli.com

When you contact Tivoli Customer Support, be prepared to provide identification information for your company so that support personnel can assist you more readily.


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