Requirements for the SAS/CONNECT Driver for Java

General Requirements

If you are developing applets or applications using the SAS/CONNECT driver for Java, your development environment must support the Java Development Kit (JDK), version 1.4.1. An earlier version of the JDK might work but is not supported by SAS.

The SAS/CONNECT driver for Java contains the SAS/SHARE driver for JDBC, which is compliant with the JDBC 2.0 API and requires JDK 1.4.1 or later.

To test the functionality of your applets and applications, your development environment must also meet the requirements outlined in Requirements for Deploying Applets.

The applets and applications that you write using the SAS/CONNECT driver for Java can communicate with a SAS server that is running SAS, Version 6 or later. The requirements for the SAS server vary based on the version of SAS software that is installed. Be sure to read the requirements carefully.

After you have developed your applets and are ready to make them available to users, make sure that your intranet or Internet meets the following requirements.

Requirements for Deploying Applets

Web Server

Install the SAS Java archive on your Web server and move the applets that you developed to the necessary directory.

Note: If you are not using the tunnel feature or the Java plug-in, your Web server must be installed on the same physical machine as your SAS server.

SAS Server

SAS server running SAS, Version 6. Your SAS server must have Release 6.12 (TS050) or later of SAS installed. Your SAS installation must include at least the following SAS products:
- SAS/CONNECT software
- SAS/IntrNet software
- If your applications rely on any other products or tools provided by SAS, you must also install those products on your SAS server.
The SAS server must also have either the SAS spawner program or a Telnet daemon available. If you choose to use the spawner program, you must use the version provided with the SAS/IntrNet server. (This is a modified version of the SAS spawner program. It does not replace the version you currently have installed. The filename for the version provided in the SAS/IntrNet server package is tspawner.exe for Windows platforms and sastcpdt for UNIX platforms.)

Note: Currently, the modified version of the SAS spawner program is not available for the SunOS 4 platform.
SAS server running SAS, Version 7 or later. Your SAS server must have SAS, Version 7 or later installed. Your SAS installation must include at least the following SAS products:
- SAS/CONNECT software
- SAS/IntrNet software
- If you want to enable encrypted communication between the client and server, you must also install SAS/SECURE software.
- If your applications rely on any other products or tools provided by SAS, you must also install those products on your SAS server.
The SAS server must also have either the SAS spawner program or a Telnet daemon available. The spawner program is provided with SAS/CONNECT software.