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How to Access TIBCO Documentation

Documentation for TIBCO products is available on the TIBCO Product Documentation website, mainly in HTML and PDF formats.

The TIBCO Product Documentation website is updated frequently and is more current than any other documentation included with the product. To access the latest documentation, visit https://docs.tibco.com.

TIBCO Rendezvous Documentation

TIBCO_HOME is the top-level directory in which TIBCO products are installed.

•	On Windows platforms, the default TIBCO_HOME is C:\tibco.

•	On UNIX platforms, the default TIBCO_HOME is /opt/tibco.

The following documents form the Rendezvous documentation set:

•	TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts

Read this book first. It contains basic information about Rendezvous components, principles of operation, programming constructs and techniques, advisory messages, and a glossary. All other books in the documentation set refer to concepts explained in this book.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous Administration

Begins with a checklist of action items for system and network administrators. This book describes the mechanics of Rendezvous licensing, network details, plus a chapter for each component of the Rendezvous software suite. Readers should have TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts at hand for reference.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous Installation

Includes step-by-step instructions for installing Rendezvous software on various operating system platforms.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous C Reference

Detailed descriptions of each datatype and function in the Rendezvous C API. Readers should already be familiar with the C programming language, as well as the material in TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous C++ Reference

Detailed descriptions of each class and method in the Rendezvous C++ API. The C++ API uses some datatypes and functions from the C API, so we recommend the TIBCO Rendezvous C Reference as an additional resource. Readers should already be familiar with the C++ programming language, as well as the material in TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous .NET Reference

Detailed descriptions of each class and method in the Rendezvous .NET interface. Readers should already be familiar with either C# or Visual Basic .NET, as well as the material in TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous Java Reference

Detailed descriptions of each class and method in the Rendezvous Java language interface. Readers should already be familiar with the Java programming language, as well as the material in TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous Configuration Tools

Detailed descriptions of each Java class and method in the Rendezvous configuration API, plus a command line tool that can generate and apply XML documents representing component configurations. Readers should already be familiar with the Java programming language, as well as the material in TIBCO Rendezvous Administration.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous z/OS Installation and Configuration

Information about Rendezvous for IBM z/OS systems regarding installation and maintenance. Some information may be also useful for application programmers.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous for z/OS COBOL Reference

Detailed descriptions of each datatype and function in the Rendezvous COBOL API. Readers should already be familiar with the COBOL programming language, z/OS, as well as the material in TIBCO Rendezvous Concepts.

•	TIBCO Rendezvous Release Notes

Lists new features, changes in functionality, deprecated features, migration and compatibility information, closed issues and known issues.

How to Contact TIBCO Support

You can contact TIBCO Support in the following ways:

•	For an overview of TIBCO Support, visit http://www.tibco.com/services/support .

•	For accessing the Support Knowledge Base and getting personalized content about products you are interested in, visit the TIBCO Support portal at https://support.tibco.com.

•	If you already have a valid maintenance or support contract, visit this site:

•	For creating a Support case, you must have a valid maintenance or support contract with TIBCO. You also need a user name and password to log in to https://support.tibco.com. If you do not have a user name, you can request one by clicking Register on the website.

How to Join TIBCO Community

TIBCO Community is the official channel for TIBCO customers, partners, and employee subject matter experts to share and access their collective experience. TIBCO Community offers access to Q&A forums, product wikis, and best practices. It also offers access to extensions, adapters, solution accelerators, and tools that extend and enable customers to gain full value from TIBCO products. In addition, users can submit and vote on feature requests from within the TIBCO Ideas Portal. For a free registration, go to https://community.tibco.com.

 

 

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