RDz & HATS Rich Client
Integration
By Mark Boyd
HATS = Host Access Transformation Services
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Disclaimer
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Agenda
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Installation Requirements
Demo CLIST
Demo HATS RCP delivery of CLIST
HATS RCP development basics
HATS RCP installation
RDz Menu Manager configuration for HATS RCP
Disclaimer #2
The objective of this session is to:
1) Help you understand some of the fundamentals of HATS, Menu
Manager, and Eclipse feature installation.
2) Help you understand some of the possibilities of using HATS & Menu
Manager to help with screen based utilities not otherwise accessible
from RDz
This is not an exhaustive tutorial on either HATS or Menu Manager.
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Installation
Required for HATS Developer:
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RAD or RBD
HATS Toolkit
HATS runtimeenablement.jar file
When installing RAD, be sure to install Java visual editor
(very handy)
Java visual editor only supported in 32bit implementation
(Appserver test environment no longer required for HATS Toolkit)
Required for user of HATS Rich Client
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Eclipse
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RDz license or HATS license
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Demo
Considerations
HATS response time for macros
- average host response time x number of screens navigated. This can
seem like an eternity
- reusing the terminal connection will help immensely
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Resources
HATS Infocenter
- Developing and deploying HATS rich client applications
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/hatshelp/v85/index.jsp?
topic=/com.ibm.hats.doc/doc/ugrcp.htm
- Rich Client Programming Guide
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/hatshelp/v85/index.jsp?
topic=/com.ibm.hats.doc/doc/rcppgd03.htm
RDz Infocenter
- Menu integration with Menu Manager
http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/ratdevz/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=
%2Fcom.ibm.etools.host.integration.doc%2Ftopics%2Fmenumgr.html
Videos on markboyd.info
http://markboyd.info/IBM/hats_rcp_with_rdz.html
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