Building the application

The IBM i publications describe how to build executable applications from the programs you write. This topic describes the additional tasks, and the changes to the standard tasks, we must perform when building IBM MQ for IBM i applications to run under IBM i.

In addition to coding the MQI calls in your source code, we must add the appropriate language statements to include the IBM MQ for IBM i copy files for the RPG language. We should make yourself familiar with the contents of these files; their names, and a brief description of their contents are given in the following text.

• IBM MQ copy files on IBM i
  IBM MQ for IBM i provides copy files to assist you with writing the applications in the RPG programming language. They are suitable for use with the WebSphere Development toolset (5722 WDS) ILE RPG 4 Compiler.
• Preparing your programs to run
  To create an executable IBM MQ for IBM i application, you have to compile the source code you have written.
• Interfaces to the IBM i external syncpoint manager
  IBM MQ for IBM i uses native IBM i commitment control as an external syncpoint coordinator.
• Syncpoints in CICS for IBM i applications
  IBM MQ for IBM i participates in units of work with CICS . We can use the MQI within a CICS application to put and get messages inside the current unit of work.

Parent topic: Applications