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Using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit V6.2 with IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Device V6.2

Get started using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit for development of applications for IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Devices V6.2. Learn what to install and how to configure the toolkit for development.
Community articleUsing IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit V6.2 with IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Device V6.2
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Get started using IBM Lotus Expeditor Toolkit for development of applications for IBM Lotus Expeditor Client for Devices V6.2. Learn what to install and how to configure the toolkit for development.

This article will show you how to use Lotus Expeditor Toolkit in conjunction with the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software to build and test Java applications for use with Lotus Expeditor Client for Devices.

Download

A non-warranteed and non-supported version of Lotus Expeditor Toolkit 6.2 is available for download from the developerWorks Lotus Toolkits page. The downloaded file contains an update site that can be installed into an existing IDE based on Eclipse 3.4 or later, such as IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V7.5.

Prerequisites

At a minimum, the Lotus Expeditor Toolkit requires Eclipse 3.4 with JavaSE 5.0+. For web functions, you should also install the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP). This can be installed from the predefined Ganymede Discovery site available in Eclipse. If you do not already have a version of Eclipse and the Eclipse Web Tools Platform installed, you can download and install the Java EE project bundle of Eclipse from the Eclipse Ganymede project page. The Java EE project bundle and Lotus Expeditor Toolkit together provide everything you need to develop Java, Web, and Web services applications. Most application types can be created using just Eclipse Ganymede (3.4), WTP, and the toolkit. You can also use Rational Application Developer V7.5.  If you are not already a Rational Application Developer user, you can download and install an evaluation version of the software. Prior to installing Lotus Expeditor Toolkit in Rational Application Developer, be sure to install to the latest fix pack of the Rational software.

Table 1. Required software
Application type or required function Minimum prerequisite software for Lotus Expeditor Toolkit
Standard Java and Eclipse RCP and eRCP Eclipse 3.4
Web Application Java, JSP, Servlet Eclipse 3.4 and Eclipse Web Tools Platform 3.0.2







JavaSE 5.0+ is required to use the Expeditor Toolkit


Installing the Expeditor Client for Devices runtimes


The Expeditor Client for Devices runtimes are available on the IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.2 - Client for Desktop and Client for Devices CD.  You should copy the runtimes from the CD image to your local drive for development.  On Windows, the toolkit will look for the runtime in the C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\ExpeditorDevice directory.  Copy the eclipse directory and all of its children from the CD device\toolkit-platforms\win32 location to  C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\ExpeditorDevice.

Installing the toolkit

After you download the toolkit, launch the Eclipse IDE,  To Install:

1.        Select Help
 
Software Updates...
2.        Select the Available Software Tab
3,        Select Add Site...
4.        Select Archive...
5.        Browse to the local Toolkit Zip file and select OK.
6.        When you return to the Available Software Tab, select the new entry you have added.  It should be in the format, jar:file:.......zip!/.  This selection will add the  three required children categories, Lotus Expeditor Device Toolkit, Lotus Expeditor Toolkit, and Uncategorized.  
7.        Select the Install... button and continue through the wizard to complete the install.
8.        When the installation process is complete, you are prompted to restart the platform. Click OK.

Configuring the toolkit

After you restart the IDE platform, you are presented with the toolkit configuration dialog box. You can configure the IDE environment by following these steps. See Figure 1 for the final settings.

1.        Select Lotus Expeditor for Device in the test environment drop-down box.
2.        The Target Location will show the default location for the device win32 development environment.
3.        The win32 Device VM will appear automatically in the VM Name drop-down box.
4.        Click OK.


Figure 1. Lotus Expeditor Toolkit Configuration window



It is also recommended that you select the option Display the first time a workspace opens in the Test Environment Configuration Preferences dialog box. This selection causes the configuration dialog box to be presented only the first time the toolkit is used in a workspace. You can change this preference later, if needed, by choosing Window > Preference > Client Services.

When you click OK in the Toolkit Configuration Dialog, the IDE reconfigures for development against Lotus Expeditor Client for Devices.

You are now ready to begin developing applications for Lotus Expeditor.

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