FW: [jt400-news] JTOpen 4.0 available... now with more source!

[David Gibbs <dgibbs@xxxxxxx>]

Ask and ye shall receive :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Smith 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 10:37 AM
> To: jt400-news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jt400-news] JTOpen 4.0 available... now with more source!
> 
> 
> Greetings, fellow developers!
> 
> It has been a few months since our last update to JTOpen, but 
> I think you will find it worth the wait.  JTOpen 4.0 is now 
> publicly available for download off of the IBM developerWorks 
> website at 
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/index.php?group_id=29
> 
> Formerly, JTOpen was only available via the official IBM 
> Toolbox for Java website.  Due to the lifting of certain 
> restrictions, however, we are now able to provide an easier 
> download mechanism on the developerWorks JTOpen project page. 
>  Note that the Toolbox for Java download links are not yet 
> updated, and we appreciate your patience as we move our 
> JTOpen resources to the developerWorks website.
> 
> The best part of JTOpen 4.0 is that we were able to open 
> source nearly all of the remaining source code that had been 
> withheld since our first release.  What this means to most of 
> you is that you can now view the source code for the fabled 
> "AS400 object".
> 
> A changes.html file has been added to the project to track 
> individual code changes made by the team and third-party 
> developers.  This file is also available on the 
> developerWorks downloads page mentioned above.
> 
> Another major change with the release of JTOpen 4.0 is an 
> improved build process that makes it much easier for users to 
> compile the JTOpen source code.  JTOpen 4.0 is now built 
> using JDK 1.4.1, which eliminates many of the pre-requisite 
> products we had in earlier releases.  See the updated Apache 
> Ant build.xml file in the JTOpen source tree for details.
> 
> Here is a brief summary of the files you will find on the 
> JTOpen Project's downloads page:
> JTOpen-full: 4.0
> -  jtopen_4_0.zip : This contains all of the Toolbox jar 
> files, along with the V5R2 Programmer's Guide.
> -  jtopen_4_0_source.zip:  This contains a snapshot of the 
> JTOpen CVS source tree.
> -  jtopen_4_0_javadoc.zip:  This contains a snapshot of the 
> JTOpen 4.0 javadoc. This is newer than what is included in 
> the Programmer's Guide.
> -  changes.html:  This contains a list of specific code fixes 
> that have been made to JTOpen since the last release (3.3).
> 
> As always, problems and questions can be posted to our web 
> forum at 
> http://www-> 912.ibm.com/j_dir/JTOpen.nsf/By+Date?OpenView  > and 
> JTOpen 
> bugs/fixes can be reported to the JTOpen bug database at 
> http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/bugs/?> group_id=29
> 
> 
> Thank you all for your continued support of our 
> project!  Enjoy!
> 
> Sincerely,
> Chris Smith and the JTOpen Development Team
> 
> 
> Christopher R. Smith
> JTOpen / IBM Toolbox for Java
> csmith4@xxxxxxxxxx