Exercise 3.1: Starting the product

Now go ahead and start the product.

On your desktop taskbar:
Starting the product

  1. Click Start > Programs >IBM Rational > IBM WebSphere Developer for iSeries Entry V6.0 > IBM WebSphere Developer for iSeries Entry

    A dialog for workspace selection will appear asking you for the workspace location, unless you used the product before and selected not to show this dialog again.
    Workspace selection

    The workspace contains all the information about your Development Studio projects. You can accept the default or store the work related to this tutorial, in a separate workspace.

  2. To name the directory of the workspace as shown above, use the directory name WSSLABxx.
  3. Click OK.

    After a few moments of loading, the workbench opens, and the initial window of the product appears on your desktop.
    Initial window

You have just started the product, set the default workspace and now you are ready to begin Exercise 3.2: Opening the Remote System Explorer perspective.