Lotus Expeditor Integrator 6.2.1 platform benefits from several tooling enhancements that make it easier for Expeditor and Integrator developers to create and debug applications for deployment to the Integrator platform. This article describes how to setup your development environment for Integrator.

Setting Up Your Development Environment

The steps below provide guidance on how to get started with the development environment:

1. Download and install Eclipse 3.4.2. Linux or Windows builds (depending on which OS you are running Integrator on)
2. Download and install any tooling prerequisites (for example, if you want web tooling support install WTP).
3. Download and install the Expeditor Integrator 6.2.1 build.
4. Download and install the Expeditor Toolkit 6.2.1 build into your Eclipse SDK.
5. Once you've installed Expeditor Toolkit 6.2.1 and restarted the Eclipse SDK, you will be prompted to setup the Lotus Expeditor Toolkit Configuration. To do so:
1. Select the Configure test environment check box
2. Select Lotus Expeditor Integrator from the Test Environment dropdown box.
3. The Target Location field is automatically set to C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Integrator\rcp\eclipse (on Windows) or /opt/ibm/lotus/Integrator (on Linux). Update the location if necessary.
4. Leave the VM Name field unchanged. It is automatically set to Java SE 6.0 Win32 x86 (com.ibm.rcp.j2sewin32.x86) or the Linux equivalent.
5. The Compiler Compliance Level field is automatically set to 1.6. Change to 1.5, if necessary.
6. Decide whether or not you want the Toolkit Configuration dialog panel to popup each time and then click OK.
   
   
   
6. Once the configuration entry settings have been applied, navigate to Windows > Preferences > Plug-in Development > Target Platform. From here:
1. Verify that the Integrator installation location is correct in the Location dropdown box.
2. Select Enable All and then click OK.
   
   
   
7. Once the target platform settings have been applied, navigate to Windows > Preferences > Client Services > Development. From here:
1. Set the Target dropdown box value to Integrator
2. Ensure that you select Integrator in the Select the Targets to be available for development box.
3. Ensure that you select the Enable checkbox in the User-Defined Features box.
4. Click OK.
   
   
   
8. Next, create a Run/Debug configuration for Integrator:
1. Navigate to Run > Run Configurations...
2. Select Client Services, then the New launch configuration icon
3. In the Main tab, provide a name for your launch configuration in the Name text box.
4. Select the workspace data location for your launch configuration in the Location text box.
5. Ensure that you are running the launch configuration as an application and set the Application entry to com.ibm.rcp.integrator.application.IntegratorApplication.
6. Use the default JRE entry.
7. Navigate to the Target tab and verify that the Target is set to Integrator.
8. Navigate to the Arguments tab and add or modify arguments as necessary. Use caution when altering arguments in this tab.
9. Select Apply and then select Run. Alternatively, you can debug from Run > Debug Configurations...