Re: Is anyone using Java

Tom

At 08:11 PM 10/16/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Is anyone using or plan to use Visual Age for Java?   What is necessary to
>use Java on the AS400?

I've been looking at VA for Java, and I really like it. I've also looked at
Sun Workshop, and it doesn't seem as good. IBM's really done their
homework, I think.

To use Java on the 400 you need to get the Java Virtual Machine, etc. You
can download the beta from <http://ncc.hursley.ibm.com>. This is an IBM
research facility in England, working on Java for all kinds of IBM
platforms. Versions are available for v3r6, v3r7, and v4r1. You'll also
need the Common Programming API (CPA) Toolkit, which is also available at
the above site for v3r6 & v3r7. They forgot the version for v4r1 but will
have it there in a couple of days, they said.

It's a small thing, but it's pretty neat to make a 'Hello World' app on the
PC and then copy it to the 400 and run it there, too.

The main thing I've had to watch out for is that I specify an environment
variable, CLASSPATH, properly.

BTW, VA for Java doesn't create Java classes until you take the Export
option from the File menu.

Have fun

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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