What are my options for accessing Toolbox class files?
For Java programs , you have the following choices. In either case, the CLASSPATH environment variable on the workstation must be updated to point to the Toolbox jar file. • Download the Toolbox jar file to the workstation. The AS400ToolboxInstaller class provided by the Toolbox can be used to install the file and keep it up to date when PTFs are applied to the i5/OS system. • Leave the Toolbox jar file on the i5/OS system and access it via an IBM i™ Access network drive. • Copy the jar file to a network server and use the client’s network file support (network drives, NFS, etc.) to access the file. For Java applets , you have the following choices: • Use support built into browsers to access a file on the HTML server. The codebase parameter of the applet HTML tag tells the browser where to look for classes. The Toolbox classes are in the jt400.jar file. Update the applet tag to point to jt400.jar. • Use servlets. A servlet is a Java program running on a system called by an HTML page r
