Getting Started in MDOpen

Open MDCMS Perspective and connect to MDCMS on an IBM i Partition

1.     Within Eclipse, open the MDCMS Perspective (Window => Open Perspective => Other => MDCMS)

2.     If not already shown, show the view MdRepositoryView (Window => Show View => Other => Mdcms Main Views => MdRepositoryView)

3.     Position cursor within the MdRepositoryView and right-click to select option New Repository Location. One (1) Repository Location is needed per managed IBMi partition that you wish to work with.

Repository Configuration Properties

 

Host

the IBM i host name that is used to connect to that system. If using MDOpen from within Rational Developer for i, it is highly recommended that the Host value matches the connection value in RSE for the partition, so that seamless use of LPEX editors, etc. function correct

Username (required)

a valid user profile on the IBM i

Password (required)

the password for the profile

Port

the JTOpen Signon Port – defaults to 8476

Nickname

a name to help you identify this repository connection when multiple connections are present

Environment

the MDCMS instance ID. Blank indicates the default instance without a suffix for the libraries

Proxy server

the host name of the proxy server, if required to connect to the IBM i

Proxy server port

the port on the proxy server

ASP Group

The ASP device name that MDCMS is installed in. Leave blank if installed to the base system.

Default repository

1 Repository may be designated as the default connection when checking out remote objects from other perspectives/views

Connect on startup

When true, MDOpen will attempt to automatically connect to the repository when the perspective is started.

Connect to X-Analysis

When true, and if the X-Analysis plugin is also installed, then this repository will automatically connect to the X-Analysis APIs to provide additional cross-referencing information from within the MDCMS perspective.

IBM i Job Name

when a connection is successful, the corresponding job name on the IBM i will be displayed here

 

Updating an Installed Version of MDOpen

MDOpen may be updated for the same MDCMS version in order to correct problems or add additional minor features. To check for and update MDOpen to a newer build of the same MDCMS version/release, take the following steps within Eclipse:

  1. If the MDOpen software site was installed from a zip file, a newer version of the zip file must replace the existing zip file, or the location of the zip file must be changed to point to the new zip file.
  2. Select Menu option Help/Check for Updates
  3. If MdOpen is listed, ensure it is selected and click Next
  4. Click Next from the Review list
  5. Accept the terms of the license agreement and click Finish. Eclipse then downloads the newest package
  6. Probably, a Security Warning will be displayed indicating that the software contains unsigned content. Click OK to continue the update.
  7. Restart Eclipse