If the full Windows® or Linux™ application packages are required, skip to the 'Obtaining application packages' section below. Note: Beginning in June 2018 an English only version of the Windows® and Linux™ application packages are available as a download on the IBM i Access Client Solutions website. Obtaining the IBM i Access Client Solutions base package The Linux™ application package provides an ODBC driver for Linux™ APIs for parts of the client that no longer exist were removed, for example, PC5250 EHLAPPI and the cwbun* APIs for System i Navigator. The Windows® application package provides the ODBC driver, OLEDB provider, ADO.Net provider, ActiveX COM components and most of the API support that was in the IBM i Access for Windows® product. The base package is a java-based, platform-independent client that provides the graphical interfaces to IBM i with an emulator, console, data transfer, run SQL scripts, spooled file download, and IFS support.
The IBM i Access Client Solutions product consists of three parts: The base package, the Windows® application package, and the Linux™ application package. This document provides information on how to obtain the IBM i Access Client Solutions Product.
