Building an InfoSphere DataStage API Application

Create an application that uses the InfoSphere® DataStage® API by writing the program, compiling the code, and linking the application.

Everything you need to create an application that uses the InfoSphere DataStage API is in a subdirectory called dsdk (DataStage Development Kit) in the IBM\InformationServer\Server installation directory on the engine tier host machine.

  1. Write the program, including the dsapi.h header file in all source modules that uses the InfoSphere DataStage API.
  2. Compile the code. Ensure that the WIN32 token is defined. (This happens automatically in the Microsoft Visual C/C++ compiler environment.)
  3. Link the application, including vmdsapi.lib, in the list of libraries to be included.