Getting Started with LANSA Version 11

These articles supplement the LANSA documentation to help you have the very best experience of LANSA Version 11.

Upgrading to LANSA Version 11

If you are an existing LANSA user, this information will help you understand the benefits of this major release, and to plan for a smooth, successful upgrade.

• Top 5 Reasons for a 5250 Developer to switch to using the Visual LANSA Integrated Development Environment (PDF 841KB)
• Top 7 Reasons to upgrade to LANSA Version 11 from Visual LANSA Version 10.0 (PDF 977KB)
• Stepping up to LANSA Version 11 Frequently Asked Questions (PDF 124KB)

Understanding LANSA Version 11 for Developers

LANSA V11 unveiled an almost entirely new Integrated Development Environment (IDE) in which:

• the interface has been dramatically revised and modernized
• many power and productivity features have been added or substantially improved
• integration throughout the developer environment has been achieved to an extent not seen in previous versions.

These articles are about the new IDE. The first gives some insights into the workings of the IDE and how to get the best out of it as a developer. The second describes how we went about using LANSA itself to deliver this new IDE.

• Getting the most from the LANSA Version 11 Integrated Development Environment (PDF 113KB)
• The LANSA Version 11 IDE: A case study in modernizing a C/C++ application using Visual LANSA (PDF 1.2MB)

The LANSA V11 product set uses the term full RDMLX to refer to an optional extended set of capabilities and syntax for the LANSA Repository and RDML language. These articles give a thorough introduction to the new capabilities and syntax associated with RDMLX in LANSA V11.

• Who Put the ‘X' in RDMLX? (PDF 162KB)
• Understanding Full RDMLX language syntax (PDF 182KB)
• Understanding RDMLX on iSeries (PDF 216KB)

LANSA V11 introduced a comprehensive set of field types. Not only much-requested types such as date and time, but it also enhances LANSA's ability to extend and enhance existing applications, through the use of OTHER files. These articles provide more information about using the new field types.

• LANSA Field Type Quick Reference (PDF 109KB)
• Getting started with BLOBs and CLOBs (PDF 213KB)
• Getting started with DateTime (PDF 137KB)

LANSA V11 introduced Web Application Module or WAMs. WAMs are a component-based Web technology that use XML/XSL technology and offer the ability to deliver content in multiple formats such as HTML, WML, or XML from a single WAM component. The following article provides a simple and clear overview of LANSA's WAM architecture.

• An Introduction to WAMs (1.6MB)