Setting up ArcExplorer - Java Edition on a remote UNIX/LINUX machine

Intranet and Internet clients

Check with your ArcIMS system administrator if you do not know what $AEJHOME should be set to.

  1. To enable ArcExplorer—Java Edition, set the following variable in your .cshrc file:

    2. setenv AEJHOME <ArcExplorer Installation Directory>/aej90exe

  2. In your .cshrc file, add $AEJHOME/bin to your $PATH variable or set an alias to the startup script:

    3. set path = ( $path $AEJHOME/bin )

    or

    alias aejava $AEJHOME/bin/aejava

  3. To enable ArcExplorer—Java Edition Help, copy the aimsclient.properties file from <ArcExplorer Installation Directory>/Xenv to your $HOME directory, open the file in a text editor, and edit the values for:

    4. WebBrowser=<Netscape Installation Directory>/netscape
    AEJavaHelp=<ArcExplorer Installation Directory>/aej90exe/Help/aejava_help.htm

    Save and close the file.

  4. Source your .cshrc file:

    5. source .cshrc

  5. To start ArcExplorer—Java Edition, type:

    6. aejava

You can now use ArcExplorer—Java Edition to view local data and ArcIMS services.

 

Tips

    • If your remote IBM AIX computer accesses an ArcIMS Web site created using the Java Standard Viewer on Windows or Solaris, then you will encounter the following warning message: ‘You need a font named Arial to view data from this server.’ Click OK. This is just a warning message, and it should not affect the functionality of the Java Standard Viewer.