About the Exercises

Objects created in these exercises use a prefix if ii_ for object names, where ii are replaced by the students initials. If a unique set of initials are used both for new component names and for deployment Company and Application Name, then many students could use the same copy of Visual LANSA.

Build Machine

It is essential that your own deployment uses a build machine. This is a PC with a Visual LANSA installation which is dedicated to assembling and deploying applications. As well as ensuring that all the latest and required components have been moved to this machine, the build machine approach also ensures that Product Version and File Version and GUID (Global Unique Identifier) are all preserved and used for the next version or patch which needs to be deployed. See the Visual LANSA Administrators Guide for more information on the reasons for using a Windows build machine.

Deploying Your Own Client Server to an IBM I Server Application Would Involve:

Deploy the server applications to the IBM i server via LANSA export and import.

Deploying the Windows client application to a file server or terminal server.

Setup a shortcut on user desktop linking to the application top level form on the file server

Or setting up the user desktop by running the Network Client install file provided by the file server deployment.

Setup a Just in Time Server installation and deploy all application client software to the file server linked to the JIT Server. Subsequent patches and new versions can be deployed by simply updating the JIT Server only.

Your Own Deployment to a Windows Server Would Involve:

Use the Deployment Tool to deploy the Data/Application server applications and files to a Windows server.

Optionally create and install the client application to a file server or terminal server.

Setup a shortcut on the user desktops linking to the client application top level form on the file server

Or setup the user desktop by running the Network Client install file provided by the file server deployment

Optionally create Data/Application server deployment which includes all client applications

Set up user desktop shortcut to the top level form on the Data/Application server.

Or setup the desktop using the Network Client install file from the Data/Application server deployment.

Optionally set up a Just in Time Server.

Deploy both the Data/Application server applications and the client application with automatic updates via the JIT Server.

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