Configure the ActiveX environment and start the application

To run an ActiveX program initiated from an icon or command-line (a non-service program) that uses the ActiveX to enterprise bean bridge, perform some initial configuration to set appropriate environment variables and to enable the ActiveX to enterprise bean bridge to find its XJB.JAR file and the Java run time. This uses a batch file to set up the environment within which the ActiveX program can run.

These batch files are provided for client applications to use the ActiveX to enterprise beans bridge:

• setupCmdLineXJB.bat
  Sets the client environment variables.

• launchClientXJB.bat
  Calls setupCmdLineXJB.bat and launches the application client that you specify in the arguments.

The batch files set these environment variables:

• JAVA_HOME
  Path to the Java runtime directory that is installed with the WebSphere client runtime support.

• WAS_HOME
  Path to the root directory of the WebSphere client runtime installation.

• NAMING_FACTORY
  Used to setup the Java java.naming.factory.initial system property.

• COMPUTERNAME
  (Optional) Name of the system on which the WebSphere client run time is installed. If you want your client to communicate with only one specific server, change this value to the name of the server that your application client accesses.

To configure the environment and start your ActiveX application client, follow these steps:

1. (Optional) Edit the setupCmdLineXJB.bat file to specify appropriate values for the environment variables that are required by the ActiveX to enterprise beans bridge.

2. Start the ActiveX application with the launchClientXJB.bat script. Here are examples of how you run the script from a command line:

   launchClientXJB MyApplication.vbp

   or

   launchClientXJB MyApplication.exe parm1 parm2

   where parm1 and parm2 are parameters for your application.