Installation

Install JET 3270 on your workstation

JET 3270 installation depends on your workstation system type:

• For a PC Windows 95, 98 or NT system:
  • Download the JET 3270 self-extracting archive, jet3270.exe, to your disk
  • Run the WinZip self-extracting archive by double clicking it or the Start, Run menu.
  • Select the installation directory. The default is "C:\jet3270". The self-extracting archive will expand JET 3270 into "applet" and "document" sub-directories.
• For a Unix/Linux system:
  • Create a new JET directory on your workstation
  • Copy the JET 3270 tarred, jet3270.tar, or tarred and gzipped, jet3270.tar.gz, archive into your JET directory
  • From your favourite shell, gunzip, using the command: gunzip jet3270.tar.gz the archive if required. Untar it using the command:
        tar -xvf jet3270.tar
• For an OS/2 system:
  • Create a new JET directory on your workstation
  • Copy the JET 3270 self extracting archive, jet3270_OS2.exe, into your JET directory
  • Run the archive

Install JET 3270 on your web server

• Examine the "Readme.txt" file for a description and complete listing of the files in the distribution. Check all files are present and have the correct size.

• Examine the "Release Notes.txt" file for information on this version of JET 3270.

• Examine the file Shortcut.htm using your favourite text editor for a sample web page which will load the JET3270 applet.

• Transfer the cabinet file (JET32704.cab), the JAR archives (JET3270E.jar and JET3270J.jar) and the audio file (bell.au) from the applet directory to the web server. The cabinet file is used by Microsoft Internet Explorer and the JAR archives are used by Netscape Communicator (JET3270E.jar) and Java^TM Compatible browsers (JET3270J.jar). Create an "images" subdirectory on the web server and transfer the image files (*.gif and *.jpg) from the applet/images directory into it. These are all binary files, so be sure to set the binary option if your file transfer package supports it. You may also want to transfer all of the JET 3270 documentation files to your web server so that users can view it.

• To allow a user to load the JET 3270 applet you have three choices:

  1. Transfer Shortcut.htm in text or ascii mode to your web server.

  2. Create a new web page and insert the required HTML to load the applet.

  3. Edit an existing web page and insert the required HTML within the page.

• Restart your machine. Some browsers store loaded applets in their memory and automatically use the stored versions even if you click on Reload or clear the disk or memory cache.

• Using your Java^TM enabled browser, specify the URL of the web page which loads the JET 3270 applet.