Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 WebSphere Development Studio Client -- Chapter 1. Under the WebSphere umbrella -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 1.1 Deploying the Web for e-business -- 1.1.1 What is a Web server -- 1.2 Adding dynamic content to Web sites -- 1.2.1 Non-Java-based applications and database serving standards -- 1.2.2 Java-based technologies -- 1.3 Developing and deploying Web applications -- 1.3.1 What is a Web application -- 1.3.2 The purpose and use of the WebSphere Application Server -- 1.4 iSeries: A flexible application server for the Web -- 1.5 The IBM suite of host and server access products -- 1.5.1 Methods to combine new Web applications with existing applications -- 1.6 Web-to-host integration tools comparison -- 1.6.1 Host On-Demand -- 1.6.2 IBM WebFacing Tool -- 1.6.3 Host Publisher -- 1.6.4 Web Interaction wizard -- 1.6.5 Comparison table -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Questions -- Exercises -- On-going study -- Chapter 2. Creating applications for iSeries: A new set of tools -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 2.1 IBM WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries -- 2.1.1 ILE RPG -- 2.1.2 ILE C/C++ -- 2.1.3 ILE COBOL -- 2.1.4 Application Development ToolSet -- 2.2 WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries -- 2.2.1 WebSphere Studio family -- 2.2.2 IBM WebFacing Tool -- 2.2.3 Web tools: iSeries extensions -- 2.2.4 Java development tools -- 2.2.5 CoOperative Development Environment -- 2.2.6 VisualAge RPG -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Questions -- Exercise -- On-going study -- Chapter 3. New GUI framework -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 3.1 Eclipse: The start of a new era of tools.

3.2 A new approach to the application development process -- 3.3 Components of the Eclipse GUI framework -- 3.3.1 Workbench -- 3.3.2 Projects -- 3.3.3 Perspectives -- 3.3.4 Views -- 3.3.5 Editors -- 3.3.6 Crash recovery -- 3.4 Development Studio Client features -- 3.4.1 Tools -- 3.4.2 Common features -- 3.4.3 iSeries-specific features -- 3.5 Online help -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Questions -- Exercises -- On-going study -- Connecting to a server from the Remote System Explorer -- Chapter 4. Introduction to the sample applications -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 4.1 Overview of the Order Entry application -- 4.1.1 The ABC Company -- 4.1.2 The ABC Company database -- 4.1.3 Application files -- 4.1.4 Database table structure -- 4.1.5 Customer transaction flow -- 4.2 Overview of the Customer Master Inquiry -- 4.2.1 Starting the application -- 4.2.2 Overview of the Customer Master Web application -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Question -- Exercise -- On-going study -- Part 2 The Remote System Explorer and iSeries Projects -- Chapter 5. Remote System Explorer: Managing your iSeries resources -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 5.1 Remote System Explorer -- 5.2 Connecting to your iSeries host -- 5.2.1 The first connection -- 5.2.2 Profiles -- 5.2.3 Connections -- 5.3 Subsystems -- 5.3.1 iSeries Objects subsystem -- 5.3.2 iSeries Commands subsystem -- 5.3.3 iSeries Jobs subsystem -- 5.3.4 IFS files subsystem -- 5.4 Managing your iSeries objects -- 5.4.1 Filters in the iSeries Objects subsystem -- 5.4.2 Working with iSeries Objects filters -- 5.4.3 Creating objects in the iSeries Objects subsystem -- 5.5 Working with your library list -- 5.5.1 Adding a library list entry -- 5.5.2 Removing a library from the library list -- 5.5.3 Changing the current library.

5.5.4 Moving libraries up or down in the library list -- 5.5.5 Moving libraries within the library list -- 5.5.6 Specifying initial libraries and commands -- 5.6 iSeries table views -- 5.6.1 Populating iSeries table views -- 5.6.2 Working with items in a table view -- 5.7 User actions -- 5.7.1 Creating user actions -- 5.7.2 Invoking user actions -- 5.7.3 Named types -- 5.8 Drag and drop functionality -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Questions -- Exercise -- On-going study -- Chapter 6. Remote System Explorer: Managing iSeries development activities -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 6.1 Editing source members in the RSE -- 6.1.1 Launching the Remote Systems LPEX Editor -- 6.1.2 Working with the Remote Systems LPEX Editor -- 6.1.3 Remote Systems LPEX Editor functions -- 6.1.4 Outline views -- 6.2 Compiling source members in the RSE -- 6.2.1 Compiling RPGLE source members -- 6.2.2 Working with compile commands -- 6.3 Running programs from the RSE -- 6.3.1 Running a program: An example -- 6.3.2 Running modes -- 6.4 Debugging programs in the RSE -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Questions -- On-going study -- Chapter 7. The iSeries Projects perspective -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 7.1 What the iSeries Projects perspective is -- 7.1.1 Working in disconnected mode -- 7.2 Opening the iSeries Projects perspective -- 7.3 Creating an iSeries project -- 7.3.1 Creating the project container -- 7.3.2 Creating a local source physical file -- 7.3.3 Creating a local source member -- 7.4 Importing and viewing remote objects -- 7.4.1 Importing remote host objects -- 7.4.2 Viewing remote objects -- 7.5 Working with local source members -- 7.5.1 General management -- 7.5.2 Editing -- 7.5.3 Source verify (offline) -- 7.6 Remote actions -- 7.6.1 Build styles -- 7.6.2 Specifying build styles.

7.6.3 Push operations -- 7.6.4 Generating compile code -- 7.6.5 Building your iSeries project -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Questions -- On-going study -- Part 3 IBM WebFacing Tool: Bringing applications to the Web -- Chapter 8. Creating a Web browser interface for your 5250 application -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 8.1 Prerequisites for creating a new WebFacing project -- 8.1.1 Downloading and installing the latest service pack for WDSC -- 8.1.2 Installing WebFacing PTFs on OS/400 -- 8.1.3 Host servers -- 8.1.4 Starting the WebFacing server -- 8.1.5 Number of virtual terminals (QAUTOVRT) -- 8.2 Creating your first WebFacing project -- 8.2.1 Getting started with the IBM WebFacing Tool -- 8.3 A look at the WebFacing project properties -- 8.4 Testing your application within Development Studio Client -- 8.4.1 Configuring UTF-8 support -- 8.4.2 Unit testing your application -- 8.4.3 Ending the test environment -- 8.5 Stepping through the sample application -- 8.5.1 Starting the application -- 8.5.2 The first application panel -- 8.5.3 Converting a window subfile -- 8.6 Running a WebFacing application in WebSphere -- 8.6.1 Transferring an application to the iSeries server -- 8.6.2 Deploying to WebSphere Application Server -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Questions -- Exercise -- On-going study -- Chapter 9. Enhancing the WebFacing applications -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 9.1 The user profile and password the application runs under -- 9.2 Adding more source members to an existing project -- 9.3 Using buttons instead of command keys F1 through F24 -- 9.3.1 Command key recognition -- 9.3.2 Command key button labels -- 9.3.3 Defining new buttons with command key actions -- 9.4 MNUDDS options -- 9.5 Creating your own style -- 9.5.1 Presenting with style: Cascading style sheets.

9.5.2 Saving the style to be used for other WebFacing projects -- 9.6 Using a CL command with variable parameters -- 9.7 Enhancing the layout of the launch page index.html -- 9.7.1 Changing index.html with Page Designer -- 9.8 Creating a multiple language WebFacing application -- 9.8.1 Separating language-dependent objects -- 9.8.2 Language dependent objects in the WebFacing project -- 9.9 Customizing the WebFacing interface with CODE Designer -- 9.9.1 A look at CODE Designer -- 9.9.2 Opening CODE Designer -- 9.9.3 Accessing Web Settings -- 9.9.4 Web settings overview -- 9.9.5 A sample application for WebFacing -- 9.9.6 Initial appearance of a new WebFacing application -- 9.9.7 Changing Web settings on a record format level -- 9.9.8 Field-level Web settings -- 9.9.9 Adding extra logic to the Web browser with JavaScript -- 9.9.10 Adding JavaScript to an application -- 9.10 Report Service: viewing spooled files -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Questions -- Exercise -- On-going study -- Chapter 10. Advanced techniques and considerations for using the IBM WebFacing Tool -- Outline -- Learning objectives -- 10.1 Current DDS keyword support -- 10.2 Using the WebFacing Environment API -- 10.3 Programmatic invocation of WebFacing applications -- 10.4 Working with JSPs -- 10.5 Performance considerations -- 10.5.1 Using IBM Eserver Workload Estimator to plan a server configuration -- 10.5.2 Time to create the project and convert the display files -- 10.5.3 Run-time jobs -- 10.5.4 Tuning the performance of a WebFacing application -- 10.6 DDS Object Mappings -- 10.7 Migrating between different IBM WebFacing Tool versions -- Summary -- Key terms and concepts -- Other helpful resources -- Questions -- Exercises -- Part 4 iSeries Web development tools -- Chapter 11. Building Web interactions with iSeries Web Tools -- Outline.

Learning objectives.