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The complete 'end-to-end' solution for integrating i5/OS based CD-ROM distribution into your product.
Everything you need to enable and package your application onto CD-ROM and everything you need to get it installed from CD-ROM onto your target IBM System i.
CD-ROM Studio takes your programs and objects and creates ISO9660 and i5/OS save/restore compliant CD-ROM images.
CD-ROM Studio includes the Span Multiple CDs (SPANCDS) command, which will help you divide large applications into image files that span multiple CD-ROMs. Without SPANCDS, this process is tedious, difficult to manage, and prone to error.
Key Features
- Supports multiple libraries
- Supports libraries larger than 700 MB
- Generates all installation objects
- Generates CD-ROM layout report
- Powerful, easy to use Windows client.
- Built-in wizards help you quickly create CD-ROM images for distribution and archiving.
- Complete set of documentation on creating and using CD-ROM based distribution and archiving. Includes real world scenarios being used by our customers today.
- Fully customizable through built-in options and custom programs interfaces.
- Uses existing hardware media resources. In some cases, there is no need to have a tape drive attached to your PC.
- A complete i5/OS based CD-ROM interface for creating CD-ROM images and for automating the CD-ROM creation process as part of your normal product build process.
- Everything you need to get your product installed from CD-ROM onto your target System i.
- Supports V5R2+ image catalogs
CD-ROM Studio Developers Toolkit
The i5/OS CD-ROM Developer's Toolkit gives you everything you need to install your product or saved objects from CD-ROM using the System i CD-ROM drive.
Key Features
- CD-Installation and disc manager allows you to ship multiple products or versions on a single CD-ROM. It manages all these products automatically so you and your users don't have to worry about the underlying complexity in the layout of the CD-ROM.
- Sample source code is provided for creating custom based installation programs for both CD-ROM and tape.
- Fully compatible with all i5/OS enabled CD-ROM save/restore interfaces.
CD-ROM Studio is an industrial strength solution designed for organizations who may have unique distribution requirements.
Designed for your high quality, industrial strength software distribution requirements
- CD-ROM Studio and CD-ROM Developer's Toolkit was designed for industrial strength software distribution using CD-ROM.
- 100% compatible with IBM's CD-ROM creation tools used to package i5/OS and IBM licensed products for the IBM System i. Real world validation.
- In addition to our own quality assurance testing, many IBM solution providers are already shipping their product on CD-ROM.
- International installation support. CD-ROMs created with CD-ROM Studio will work in all countries including double-byte character set (DBCS) based countries.
- Complete set of tools and information. Use the scenarios, samples, and tools provided as part of the CD-ROM Developer's Toolkit to get your CD-ROM up and running in a timely fashion.
Flexible. Support for all i5/OS CD-ROM enabled interfaces
Utilize your existing installation procedures and programs or create a new installation for CD-ROM. Either way, CD-ROM Studio for the AS/400 has the support for all OS/400 CD-ROM enabled interfaces and a set of extensions that provide support for save files.
Advanced CD-ROM installation support provided by the CD-Installation and Disc Manager
Summary of the advanced features provided as part of the CD-Installation and disc manager.
- CD-Installation and disc manager allows you to ship multiple products or versions on a single CD-ROM. It manages all these products automatically so you and your user don't have to worry about the underlying complexity in the layout of the CD-ROM.
- Sample source code is provided for creating custom based installation programs for both CD-ROM and tape.
- Fully compatible with all i5/OS enabled CD-ROM save/restore interfaces.
- Extensions to support save file based installations. Test your install program without burning a CD-ROM for every code change.
- Hide the details of the directory structure of the CD-ROM using the built-in disc scanning features of the CD-Installation and disc manager.
Archive important user and system information onto CD-ROM
- Since the CD-ROM Studio supports all of the i5/OS CD-ROM enabled save and restore interfaces, it can also be used as an affordable optical archiving tool. Practical archiving options for CD-ROM.
- Archive project source, programs, and data at project completion.
- Save source listings, reports, and other spool file data onto CD-ROM.
- Free up hard disk (DASD) space by placing seldom used objects onto CD-ROM.
- Archive month end and year end data and files.
- Create self-installing archive media with the tools provided with the i5/OS CD-ROM Developer's Toolkit.