Chapter 4 Tutorial: ActiveX Components

Tutorial requirements

To create this tutorial, you need:

The Jaguar CTS software
For installation instructions, see the Enterprise Application Server Installation Guide.
ActiveX development environment
For this tutorial, in addition to the applet, you will also create a server-side component that runs in the Jaguar server. This component performs a simple activity in the middle tier when invoked by the applet running in the browser. You can develop ActiveX components using any popular development environment, including:
- PowerBuilder
- Microsoft Visual C++
Java development environment
Jaguar comes with two versions of Sun Microsystems Java Developer's Kit: JDK 1.0.2 and JDK 1.1x, where x is the latest JDK release that has been tested with Jaguar. "Java compiler scripts" describes script files that will set the environment to run the JDK compilers that are included in your Jaguar installation.

In the sample application, you will be developing a Java applet that will handle user interaction. For the applet development, you may use any of the off-the-shelf Java rapid application development (RAD) tools including:
- Sybase Power J
- Symantec Visual Cafe
- Microsoft Visual J++
To run the tutorial applet, you must have a Web browser that is compatible with JDK 1.1. Netscape 4.0, Internet Explorer 4.0, or Sun's HotJava browser have all been tested with this tutorial.
Note Older versions of the Netscape and Microsoft browsers support only JDK 1.0.2. You may need to create clients that are compatible with JDK 1.0.2 to satisfy your site's deployment requirements. See the Jaguar CTS Programmer's Guide for more information.