I am new to NetRexx also, so I may not be the best person to answer your
question, but here goes. On page 76 of Mike Cowlishaw's book "The
NetRexx Language", he describes using the BINARY keyword to convert
NetRexx types to native primative types. This should reduce the need
for adding NetRexxR.zip and NetRexxC.zip to your classpath.
However, another way to think about is that the NetRexx API package is a
package to add functionality without you having to specifically write
extra code. In my case, not only will I be adding netrexx to the my
classpath, I will be adding the AS/400 Toolbox packages, and eventually,
the swing package as well. For whatever applications you develop, you
will probably be using classes that you buy, acquire, or develop
yourself and put in .zip or .jar files that are not in the base Java API
core packages list. That is ok. That is part of the strength of Java.
Adding an entry to a classpath statement is not a big deal. Besides, in
a networked environment, user systems can be set up to look at the API
libraries they need from a server. You don't have to install netrexx,
or any other package for that matter, on every user's machine.
I hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Conover [mailto:
[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 1998 9:23 AM
To:
[hidden email]
Subject: [netrexx-course] RunTime requirements ???
To Whomever:
As an old rexxer but a new NetRexxer, I'm still on the steeper part of
the learning curve.
The documentation states that a class file, resulting from the compile
of the NetRexx source and subsequent JAVA compile, will run on any
machine that supports Java.
But I seem unable to get the class to run (e.g. via Java MyPgm ) unless
the NetRexxR.zip
file is explicitly in the classpath.
Having to have users put NetRexxR.zip in their classpath seems to not
only negate the "run on any Java enabled machine" concept, but also to
be a rather cumbersome process which is very operating system dependent.
Am I missing something here?
Are the NetRexx runtimes REALLY needed?
(same for NRIO)?
Thanks,
- Alan Conover
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