Panther Documentation

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Panther Documentation

The Panther documentation set includes the following guides and reference material (available as indicated), as illustrated in Figure NO TAG:

Installation — Instructions for installing software and licensing for Panther products in the following books: JetNet Installation, TUXEDO Installation, MTS Installation, WebLogic Enterprise Installation, and 2-Tier Installation.

New Features Guide — Information about new features in Panther, including Java support, enhanced three-tier and web functionality, new properties, new library functions, and, for Windows 32–bit platforms, tab controls and dockable toolbars.

Upgrade Guide — Information for upgrading from JAM to Panther.

Getting Started — Introduction to the Prolifics products and the tutorial, with step-by-step instructions that help you get started with understanding, setting up and developing either a two- or three-tier Prolifics application.

Developer’s Guide — Introduction and process of how to use Prolifics to build two- and three-tier Prolifics database applications. As the major developer’s manual, it includes information for each step of the development path.

Web Developer’s Guide — Introduction and process of how to build and deploy a Prolifics web application.

Using the Editors — Instructions for using the Prolifics graphical authoring environment—the screen editor, screen and report wizards, JIF editor, menu bar editor, and styles editor—to build two- and three-tier applications.

Programming Guide — Describes JPL, Prolifics’s scripting language, and Prolifics’s Java programming interface. Also includes alphabetical listings of JPL commands, built-in functions, Prolifics’s library functions, transaction manager commands, and database commands and variables.

Reports — Instructions for using Prolifics’s report generation utility to build, modify and run reports.

JDB — Instructions for using JDB, Prolifics’s prototyping database, and JISQL, the interactive SQL editor for JDB. Also describes how to build SQL statements and the SQL commands available in JDB.

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