Introduction to VisiBroker for .NET

Micro Focus VisiBroker for .NET product provides a runtime environment and a set of developer tools to deliver high-performance connectivity from the Microsoft .NET runtime to J2EE and CORBA servers. This product allows applications developed for the .NET Framework to access heterogeneous server-side components via IIOP, the highly scalable, interoperable and secure protocol.

Important

VisiBroker for .NET was named Janeva in previous releases. Many instances of the term Janeva still exist within examples, commands, parameters, class names, properties, and UI elements. This Developer's Guide uses the term Janeva when referring to these components.

Accessing VisiBroker online help topics in the standalone Help Viewer

To access the online help through the standalone Help Viewer on a machine where the product is installed, use one of the following methods:

Windows

•	Choose Start > Programs > VisiBroker > Help Topics

or

•	open the Command Prompt and go to the product installation \bin directory, then type:

help

UNIX

Open a command shell and go to the product installation /bin directory, then type:

help

During installation on UNIX systems, the default is to not include an entry for bin in your PATH. If you did not choose the custom install option and modify the default for PATH entry, and you do not have an entry for current directory in your PATH, use ./help to start the help viewer.

Accessing VisiBroker online help topics from within a VisiBroker GUI tool

To access the online help from within a VisiBroker GUI tool, choose Help > Help Topics.

The Help menu also contains shortcuts to specific documents within the online help. When you select one of these shortcuts, the Help Topics viewer is launched and the item selected from the Help menu is displayed.

Documentation conventions

The documentation for VisiBroker uses the typefaces and symbols described below to indicate special text:

Convention	Used for
italics	Used for new terms and book titles.
computer	Information that the user or application provides, sample command lines and code.
bold computer	In text, bold indicates information the user types in. In code samples, bold highlights important statements.
[ ]	Optional items.
...	Previous argument that can be repeated.
>	Two mutually exclusive choices.

Platform conventions

The VisiBroker documentation uses the following symbols to indicate platform-specific information:

Windows: All supported Windows platforms.

Win2003: Windows 2003 only

WinXP: Windows XP only

Win2000: Windows 2000 only

UNIX: UNIX platforms

Solaris: Solaris only

Linux: Linux only

Contacting Micro Focus

Our Web site gives up-to-date details of contact numbers and addresses.

Further Information and Product Support

Additional technical information or advice is available from several sources.

The product support pages contain a considerable amount of additional information, such as:

•	The WebSync service, where you can download fixes and documentation updates.

•	The Knowledge Base, a large collection of product tips and workarounds.

•	Examples and Utilities, including demos and additional product documentation.

To connect, enter http://www.microfocus.com in your browser to go to the Micro Focus home page.

Note:

Some information may be available only to customers who have maintenance agreements.

If you obtained this product directly from Micro Focus, contact us as described on the Micro Focus Web site, http://www.microfocus.com. If you obtained the product from another source, such as an authorized distributor, contact them for help first. If they are unable to help, contact us.

Information We Need

However you contact us, please try to include the information below, if you have it. The more information you can give, the better Micro Focus SupportLine can help you. But if you don't know all the answers, or you think some are irrelevant to your problem, please give whatever information you have.

•	The name and version number of all products that you think might be causing a problem.

•	Your computer make and model.

•	Your operating system version number and details of any networking software you are using.

•	The amount of memory in your computer.

•	The relevant page reference or section in the documentation.

•	Your serial number. To find out these numbers, look in the subject line and body of your Electronic Product Delivery Notice email that you received from Micro Focus.

Contact information

Our Web site gives up-to-date details of contact numbers and addresses.

Additional technical information or advice is available from several sources.

The product support pages contain considerable additional information, including the WebSync service, where you can download fixes and documentation updates. To connect, enter http://www.microfocus.com in your browser to go to the Micro Focus home page.

If you are a Micro Focus SupportLine customer, please see your SupportLine Handbook for contact information. You can download it from our Web site or order it in printed form from your sales representative. Support from Micro Focus may be available only to customers who have maintenance agreements.

You may want to check these URLs in particular:

•	https://www.microfocus.com/product-trials/corba/index.aspx?productname=VisiBroker (VisiBroker trial software)

•	http://supportline.microfocus.com/xmlloader.asp?type=home&redirectpage=temporary.asp?aspneturl=/websync/productupdatessearch.aspx (updated VisiBroker files and other software)

•	https://supportline.microfocus.com/productdoc.aspx. (documentation updates and PDFs)

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http://www.microfocus.com/Resources/Newsletters/infocus/newsletter-subscription.asp