The Application Client provides resources and clients to
aid development of client applications for use with
WebSphere® Application Server. The Application Client is a source for the clients (as runtime
frameworks) for client applications, either to run on the Application
Client machine or to be distributed with client applications that
are to run on other machines.
Before you begin
Before you start to
use the installation tools, prepare for choosing and installing the
variety of options and features provided by the Application Client.
Read through all the steps in this topic and read the related topics;
specifically, read these topics before installing the Application
Client:
- Best practices for installing.
- Installing Application Client by using the
installation wizard
- Installing WebSphere Application
Client from a Windows® workstation
- Installing WebSphere Application
Client from an i5/OS® Qshell command line
It is recommended that you have 350 MB of temporary disk
space available before starting the installation.
Attention: Application Client for
WebSphere Application Server
ships only with the 32-bit
WebSphere Application Server.
About this task
To assemble some types of client applications you need to
install the client that provides the framework for the client application.
Instead of installing the Application Server you can install the Application
Client feature, which provides the same resources and clients to aid
development of client applications.
Similarly, running some types
of client applications for use with
WebSphere Application Server requires that the associated client is deployed with the client
application. For client applications that only need a small fraction
of the Application Client, you can install the Application Client
onto a convenient machine, such as the machine used to develop the
client application, then package the client application with only
the clients it needs. For example, this means that a stand-alone client
application is deployed only the required fraction of the clients
provided with the Application Client.
Refer to the Application Client for
WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 detailed system requirements page for more
information on supported product platforms.
The i5/OS Application
Client supports the following types of client:
-
Java Thin client
-
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) application client
- Web services Thin client
You can install this product
by a non-root user on a UNIX operating system and non-administrator
user on a Windows operating system. However,
the following functions are not enabled on Windows if
the product is installed by a non-administrator user:
- ActiveX to Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
bridge
- Applet Client
- Launching Java Web Start from browser
The
Version 7.0 Application Client
for
WebSphere Application Server can be installed
on a machine that has a previous version of Application Client. However,
you cannot install the
Version 7.0 Application Client on top of a
previous version of the Application Client. For example, if Version
5 Application Client exists on a Windows machine in the
C:\WebSphere\AppClient directory,
you cannot choose the same install location for your
Version 7.0 Application
Client installation.
Important: The
Applet client and ActiveX client on Windows cannot
coexist with Version 5.0.x and Version 4.x of the clients. For example,
the Applet client feature in Version 6.x or later cannot coexist with
the Applet client feature in Version 5.0.x or earlier. This coexistence
is not available because the installation of Applet client feature
in Version 7.0 sets the browser default Java Virtual
Machine (JVM) using the Java SE
Runtime Environment 6 from the Version 7.0 installation, which is Java Runtime Environment Version 1.4.2. Similarly,
the ActiveX to EJB Bridge feature in Version 7.0 sets the Windows system path to use the JRE 6 from
the Version 7.0 installation.
Attention: To register an application on
the Windows operating system, you must be registered
in the Administrator group. If you install Application Client and
you are not a member of the Administrator group, the Windows registration does not register the
installer in the Windows registry. Consequently,
there will not be an entry for Application Client in the Add
or Remove Programs window.