The application server must support 

both

 Java Servlets 2.2 and JavaServer Pages

1.1. One such server 

environment (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) can be obtained as a 

free

 download from 

http://java.sun.com/j2ee

. 

Or if you prefer a lighter environment, you can download and install only the Tomcat Apache www engine, 

which is also 

freely

available

 at Jakarta project's www pages: 

http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/index.html

. There are links in chapter 12 to other WWW engines. 

3.  The needed software 

3.1  JBuilder 

Note:

 JBuilder (or some other Java 

Integrated Development Environment

 (IDE)  ) eases the building 

and deploying of the application, but is not required; the only compulsory thing is a text editor which is used 

to edit JSP pages and Java source code. JSP runtime environment handles compiling of Java code 

automatically.

Current JBuilder version (7) uses a built in J2SE 1.3.1 by default. You can also use the latest J2SE 1.4.0. 

In this document,  JBuilder  refers to the JBuilder 

3.5

 or higher. Further more, the same guide applies for 

Standard, Professional or Enterprise versions of JBuilder. Borland also offers a 

free

 multiple platform 

version of JBuilder that can be downloaded from the Borland home page (see links in the last chapter). The 

e FixIT package can be installed in any version of JBuilder or in any Java IDE in general, but the install 

procedure varies. 

JBuilder software is not mandatory for building e FixIT front ends

, but it helps to 

have a GUI tool to work with. 

JBuilder is installed as any other software tool   you choose the install method (usually Typical) and specify 

the directory for the files. It is advised that you install JBuilder directly under the root directory, 

c:\jbuilder5

, for example.  This directory is called the 

JBuilder root directory

 in this document and 

all directories described will be relative to this directory, unless otherwise mentioned. Windows 

NT/2000/XP offers the most stable environment for creating e FixIT applications with JBuilder, although 

Windows 95/98/Me can also be used. It is also possible to create e FixIT applications for Linux based 

servers, as J2EE is also available for such platforms. 

JBuilder5 Professional (or higher) contains very useful tools, such as an 

Archive Builder

 which eases the 

deployment of e FixIT applications. Also,  included is a JSP runtime environment with a full blown WWW 

engine that can be used during the development. 

3.2  Downloading the e FixIT files 

The e FixIT server application development components are distributed in 3 packages: 

Database connection, components, property editors, event handling. 

This must be 

xfijcore42.jar 

installed in order to use any of the following Java packages.

 Compiled with JDK 

1.1.8. 

xfijholder42.jar, 

Database components needed to build server applications. Compiled with J2SE 1.3.1. 

xfijawt42.jar 

xfijawt42.jar is needed only if you use the e FixIT Application Wizard (see chapter 6.3). 

Java FixIT 4.2 API documentation in Javadoc form. This file can be used to merge the 

fixit42_j_api.jar 

Java FixIT documentation with existing JBuilder documentation. 

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