Contents
This document includes the following topics:
- Introduction
- Prerequisites
- Restrictions
- Installation
- Tutorial
- How to use the Rapid Deployment Wizard
- Hint and Tips
Introduction
IBM MQSeries Workflow - Rapid Deployment Wizard V2.0 is a tool with which you can quickly create JSP layout skeleton files for use with the Web Client of MQSeries Workflow. You can start the tool from IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer. The tool gets its input from an FDL file that you have exported from the IBM MQSeries Workflow Buildtime database. This tool enables you to create a JSP file for each program activity, including the putting and setting of fields corresponding to the data structure of each activity. You can edit the created JSP files with the WebSphere Studio Page Designer and publish them to a Web server on which the IBM MQSeries Workflow Web Client is running. When you have created and published the JSP files, they are ready for use on the IBM MQSeries Workflow Web Client.
Prerequisites
IBM MQSeries Workflow - Rapid Deployment Wizard Version 2.0 requires the following prerequisites:
- IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer Version 4.03 or higher
- IBM MQSeries Workflow Version 3.3.2
The MQSeries Workflow Web Client must already be installed and configured on a Web server to which you can connect the client that has installed the WebSphere Studio Application Developer software. The connection to the Web server is necessary for publishing the JSP files that you have created.
The Rapid Deployment Wizard is a client program. Therefore, you need not install it on a server machine on which IBM MQSeries Workflow is installed. It is assumed that you know how to use IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer and the IBM MQSeries Workflow Web Client.
This SupportPac was developed and tested in the following environment:
- Windows NT4 with SP6 and Windows 2000 Professional with SP2
- IBM WebSphere Application Server V4.01
- IBM WebSphere Application Developer V4.03
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 5 and Version 5.5
Restrictions
- The data structure does not support the binary data type.
- If you overwrite or delete fields of an existing JSP file, only the control tags and static text values are changed or deleted. Therefore, existing text labels, such as field names, are ignored.
Installation
This section describes how to install and set up IBM MQSeries Workflow - Rapid Deployment Wizard Version 2.0 in your IBM WebSphere Application Developer.
Installation
To install the Rapid Deployment Wizard Version 2.0, perform the following steps:
- Download the WA83.zip file from the MQSeries Workflow SupportPac Web site.
- Make sure that the IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer is not running.
- Unzip the downloaded file into the root directory for IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer.
Example: "c:\Program Files\bmApplication Developer")
- Restart WebSphere Studio Application Developer.
- Verify that the Rapid Deployment Wizard Version 2.0 is installed correctly. To do this, right-click in any of the Perspective panes and select New > Other from the drop-down list.
The list that displays all available wizards must contain an entry for "MQWF Rapid Deployment".
Contents of the .zip file
After you have unzipped the WA83.zip file, you have the following files:
- plugins/com.ibm.workflow.RapidDeployment.wizard/
- runtime/ --- for program itself
- JSPWizard.jar
- fdlparser_for_v332.jar
- xml4j.jar
- plugin.xml
- RapidDeployment.properties
- icons/ --- for image resources
- template/ --- for template JSP files
- help/ --- for help definition files
- plugin.xml
- plugin.properties
- RapidDeployment.properties
- doc.zip
- doc.properties
The tutorial section describes a typical scenario for using the Rapid Deployment Wizard.
The "How to use the Rapid Deployment Wizard" section briefly describes the steps you must perform to use the wizard.
This section describes hints and tips that help you to resolve some problems in using this wizard.
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