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Introducing the DataBlade Developers Kit InfoShelf

The DataBlade Developers Kit InfoShelf is an on-line tool designed to help you work with BladeSmith. The InfoShelf contains the following components:

  • DataBlade Module Development Overview, which provides an introduction to DataBlade module concepts, an overview of DataBlade module creation, descriptions of topics covered in each of the on-line manuals, a topic-to-title and title-to-topic list, and a catalog of core DataBlade modules
  • A Tutorial that illustrates the fundamentals of DataBlade module development
  • Descriptions of example DataBlade modules shipped with the DataBlade Developers Kit
  • A Library containing HTML versions of 12 Informix reference books
  • A master index

Software Dependencies

To use the InfoShelf, you must be using one of the following Web browsers:
  • Netscape Navigator Version 3.01 or later
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 4.0 or later
    Note: if you are using Internet Explorer and receive a "No such interface supported" JavaScript error message, follow this procedure.

Viewing InfoShelf Components

To open a component from the InfoShelf home page, click the name of the component.

To return to the home page from any InfoShelf page, click Home in the navigation bar at the top of the page.

Navigating in the InfoShelf Library

When you first open a book, the introductory chapter appears in your browser window. Click to advance sequentially through chapter topics.

To go to another chapter in a book

  1. Click Contents in the navigation bar at the top of the page to display the table of contents in a popup window.
  2. Select a chapter to display the new chapter in the current main window.

To go the index of the current book

Click Index in the navigation bar at the top of the page to display the index in the current main window.

 

To go from one book to another

  1. Click New Book from the navigation bar at the top of the page to display a list of books in a popup window.
  2. Select the book you want to display it in a new instance of your Web browser.

To go to the master index that contains entries for all books

  1. Click Master Index from the navigation bar at the top of the page to display the master index in the current main window.
  2. Click a letter to go to the entries that begin with that letter.

More Information

For white papers, code examples, and the latest technical information about DataBlade module development, see the Informix Developer Network.

In addition, you can always access the complete set of Informix books on-line using the Answers OnLine CD-ROM or Web site, at http:www.informix.com/answers. The CD-ROM and Web site contain the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) version of all Informix books.

To view documents in PDF format, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 3.0 or later. Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded at no charge from Adobe Systems, Inc.