Getting Started with EsiObjects V4.0

The EsiObjects system includes a Windows GUI client and runtime server support for various M systems. In order to use EsiObjects, you will need to download an EsiObjects Client Kit and the appropriate EsiObjects Server Kit.

EsiObjects Client Kit

The EsiObjects Client Kit must be installed on a supported Microsoft Windows™ platform (Windows 98, Windows XP orWindows 2000). The client kit includes the Java Gateway and the TCPBridge. Both of these technologies allow developers to access one or more EsiObjects servers via a TCP/IP connection. As a convenience, the Java Gateway portion of the EsiObects Client Kit is also available as a separate download.

EsiObjects Server Kits

The EsiObjects Server Kit must be installed on a supported M platform. Each EsiObjects Server Kit is a pair of M databases that contain the EsiObjects runtime software.

• ESI contains the EsiObjects libraries (ESI and Base) used by the EsiObjects development environment. Base classes such as collections and date/time are included in these libraries for your development. No classes should ever be modified in either of these libraries.
  
• USR or ESIUSER contain libraries that hold all application specific classes.

We currently offer support for Caché and GT.M systems. For development purposes, Caché can be running on the same computer as the EsiObjects client.