Requirements for the System i:
•Select option ‘75. Prepare server to support Designer’ on the Service menu to start all necessary servers. This option checks if these services are active (and checks if journaling is active) and then starts journaling/servers if necessary:
| STRTCPSVR SERVER(*DDM) |
| STRTCPSVR SERVER(*DTAQ *RMTCMD *SIGNON *SVRMAP) |
•Journaling of InterForm400 files must be started.
•Execute the command: DSPNETA. Find the text/parameter 'DDM request access'. This should normally be *OBJAUT, it can also refer to a user program, but if it is *REJECT the DDM server will not work. Change the value if necessary with the command:
| CHGNETA DDMACC(*OBJAUT) |
•If you want to use SSL when using the designer, then some configuration is needed in the Digital Certificate Manager.
Requirements for the PC:
•The PC must be running Windows XP or newer.
•The PC must be connected to the IBM i via TCP/IP.
•Minimum 4 Gb RAM is required.
•JAVA Runtime Environment version 1.6 or later must be installed. (Currently support up to Java 8 has been confirmed).
•A minimum screen resolution of 1024x768 pixels is required.
•The InterForm400 graphical designer must be installed on the PC..
•One of these Environment variables must be set to the path, where Java is installed: EXE4J_JAVA_HOME or JAVA_HOME.
Requirements for the network:
If you access the iSeries through a firewall, be sure that these port numbers are not blocked:
Host Server |
Port number |
*CENTRAL |
8470 |
*DATABASE |
8471 |
*DTAQ |
8472 |
*FILE |
8473 |
*RMTCMD |
8475 |
*SIGNON |
8476 |
*SRVMAP |
449 |
TCP-server |
Port number |
*DDM |
446 |
Apart from that this port number must be open in order for to be able to activate Swiftview:
Service |
Port number |
Microsoft-DS |
445 |
Tips for troubleshooting is also included.
