Preparing your environment to use the API

Complete these steps to prepare your environment for using the APIs.

Procedure

  1. Verify that the System Requirements for Rational® Publishing Engine are met.
    1. Verify that your operating system is supported.
    2. Verify that your JDK is compatible.
  2. Verify the Rational Publishing Engine installation:
    1. Verify that the %RPE_HOME%/config directory exists and contains configuration files.
    2. Verify that the %RPE_HOME%/utils directory exists and contains utility files.
  3. Verify that you have Rational Publishing Engine configured for the client applications. A license is consumed while the document generation is in process and the process fails if a license is not found.
  4. Optional: Install a Java™ IDE for building your application. You can download a free Eclipse IDE from http://www.eclipse.org/ that can be used for Java development.

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