Server Guide


Setting up the workstation to test OS/390 Native applications

If you plan to test your Smalltalk applications in a workstation simulation environment before you port them to MVS/ESA (or OS/390), you must configure your system to access the correct files.

OS/390 Native can access files in the following access methods:

Note:Throughout the remainder of this document, BPAM files will be referred to as PDS members and implies both PDS and PDSE members; QSAM files will be referred to as sequential files.

You can test your application on the workstation by either duplicating or downloading your files. If you choose to duplicate your files on the workstation for testing purposes, on OS/2 and Windows NT workstations you must use Btrieve 6.15 SDK or CICS for VSAM files.

Note:If you are using CICS for OS/2 or VisualAge CICS on Windows NT, then you have Btrieve 6.15 installed.

PDS members and sequential files can be downloaded from OS/390 as binary and reused on the workstation. These files can either be fixed or variable in length. See Creating files for the workstation simulation system for more information.

Follow these steps to configure your workstation to run Smalltalk applications using OS/390 Native:

  1. Create a resource association file.
  2. Set environment variables.
  3. Modify the operation bundle limit for VSAM files.


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