Chapter 1
Introduction

This document describes in detail the Orbix distributed programming environment from IONA Technologies. A number of fully worked examples of how to write distributed programs using Orbix are presented.

The material covered in Part I, Getting Started, of this guide should be read before continuing.

Sources of other information include:

The Orbix Reference Guide expands on the information presented in this guide by giving complete information on syntax, switches, configuration files and each available function.
On-line help is available on each of the Orbix commands; and the header file CORBA.h is available to provide details on function parameters.
A FAQ (frequently asked questions list) is maintained on the IONA ftp server (ftp.iona.com).