Introduction to Data Integration

This section of the Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Developer's Guide provides information required to develop applications to access data in an environment using Microsoft® Host Integration Server 2000. This section provides documentation for developers on data access, data replication, and data tools.

Applications for data integration used in a Host Integration Server 2000 environment can be developed using several different development tools and application programming interfaces including:

  • C or C++ applications that use OLE DB to access AS/400 and VSAM files.
  • C or C++ applications that use OLE DB to access IBM Data Base 2 (DB2).
  • C, C++, or Microsoft Visual Basic® applications that use Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) drivers to access IBM DB2.
  • Microsoft Visual Basic applications that use ActiveX® Data Objects (ADO) to access AS/400 and VSAM files.
  • Microsoft Visual Basic applications that use ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) to access IBM DB2 using OLE DB.
  • Microsoft Visual Basic applications that use ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) to access IBM DB2 using ODBC.
  • C, C++, or Microsoft Visual Basic applications that use the Host File Transfer ActiveX control to transfer files to and from MVS, OS/390, AS/400, and AS/36.
  • C, C++, or Microsoft Visual Basic applications that use the Data Queue ActiveX control to access AS/400 data queues.

To use this guide effectively, you should be familiar with:

  • Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000
  • One of the following operating environments:
    • Microsoft Windows® 2000
    • Microsoft Windows NT®
    • Microsoft Windows 98
    • Microsoft Windows 95
  • SNA concepts

Depending on the application programming interface and development tools used, you should be familiar with:

  • Microsoft COM objects
  • Microsoft OLE DB
  • Microsoft ADO
  • Microsoft ODBC

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