try a live demo now!
Because of axes incredible zero client architecture, you can run live demos right now using your Internet Explorer browser. (If you have any trouble starting any of the live demos, follow the system requirements and test your browser instructions below.)
click to launch terminal server axes terminal server

Click the image on the left to start a live iSeries application in a popup window. To login, enter axesdemo as the username and demoaxes as the password.

Try playing around with the tab button on the top left of the screen, you can even check out the demo spooled data! The sample application from the main menu makes heavy use of the HTML DDS keyword.
click to launch web spooler axes web spooler

Click the image to start a web spooler session that shows all of the spooled data created by axesdemo users. Log in using axesdemo as the username and password.

Select *ALL as the user (instead of *CURRENT), and open a spooled file by clicking on it, then on the magnifying glass.
click to launch data explorer axes data explorer

Click the image to start an data explorer (SQL wizard) session. Open the SAMPLE database, click on any table, then try running the query you generated!

In the distribution version you can save queries and call them over and over again. You can also enter SQL queries manually.
click to launch web administrator axes web administration

Click the image to start an axes web administration session. If you are prompted to enter a username and password, use admin.

Leave an axes terminal server session open, and then view it from the TS sessions menu. You can also close axesdemo sessions. Using this tool you can monitor all of your users, all the time. Its great for techincal support!
click to launch lua tutorial application lua tutorial sample application

Click the image to begin our Lua programming tutorial, which itself is an application written in the Lua scripting language and run from our IFS.

Lua is becoming a hit scripting language in XBOX, Linux and other platforms. It is very similar to the PHP language.


system requirements

For axes to function correctly, your browser should meet the following system requirements:

  • Internet Explorer 5.5 or greater
  • MSXML v3.0 or greater (installed by default on IE 6.0+)
  • Popup windows enabled (see "tools/internet options/security")
  • Javascript is enabled (see "tools/internet options/security")
  • Use HTTP 1.1 for improved performance (see image below)

You can read more about the server side system requirements of axes here.

test your browser

If you're sure you have met all of the system requirements and you still have trouble connecting to an axes session, press the button below, which will load a browser test page in a popup window.

The test page will let you know what you need to change to be able to run axes.