Panther Documentation Hub – Your Complete Guide to Panther and JAM Environments
Access a comprehensive library of Panther manuals, guides, and tools to master development, migration, and maintenance across Panther, JAM 5, and JAM 7 environments. Explore online or PDF documentation, upgrade guides, and practical resources designed to accelerate modernization and simplify complex workflows.
Modern Platform Support
Panther and JAM now support modern platforms, including Windows 64-bit and all Red Hat variants, ensuring full compatibility and performance across enterprise environments.
Additionally, Panther is available as a Docker image for flexible and scalable deployment, enabling faster setup, containerized development, and streamlined integration within your CI/CD pipelines.
Explore these options in the Panther Documentation or detailed configuration and deployment guidance.
Panther Documentation
Manuals, Guides, and Resources
Welcome to the Panther Documentation hub, your one-stop collection of manuals, guides, reference materials, and tools for mastering Panther and its associated technologies. Whether you’re just getting started or maintaining mission-critical systems, our Panther Documentation library helps you accelerate development, reduce risk, and leverage the full capabilities of the Panther platform and connected JAM environments.
Accessing Panther Documentation
The Panther Documentation is delivered in both HTML and PDF formats for flexibility and ease of access.
Why use Panther Documentation?
- It offers a structured “book” experience online where you can search, browse, and link between related topics.
- PDF versions allow offline reference, printing, and integration into internal knowledge bases.
- The docs are distributed with the product, so when you install Panther (on Linux, Windows, or via network share), the documentation is already bundled.
How to get started
- Online via Prolifics Documentation Portal — Browse the full HTML documentation library from the Panther section of our docs site.
- Local install/intranet — Copy the documentation files to your internal web server or local directory to serve via HTTP or file paths.
- From install media — On Windows, choose “Install Documentation” during Panther setup; on UNIX, documentation is placed under the docs directory.
Once loaded, you’ll have access to key modules like Developer’s Guide, Configuration, Programming (JPL, Java, C), Upgrade Guides, and more.
Use the search index or master index to navigate quickly or jump between modules via site map or quick links.
You can also link directly to internal pages or sections, or connect from other product pages.
PDF Guides for JAM Versions (JAM 5, JAM 7)
One of the strengths of our documentation offering is support for legacy and modern JAM environments via downloadable PDF guides.
JAM 7 Documentation
For JAM 7, a complete set of manuals is available in PDF format. Some of the key items include: Getting Started, Editor Guide, Application Development Guide, Configuration Guide, Language Reference, Database Guide, JAM/ReportWriter Developer’s Guide, and a Master Index.
These PDF guides let you work offline, annotate in your own environment, or distribute them internally among your teams.
JAM 5 Documentation
We also support JAM 5 via our PDF manual library, covering volumes, JAM/DBi, COBOL, and PL1 guides, and upgrade documentation.
You’ll find detailed instructions for migrating, maintaining, or integrating JAM 5 applications within a Panther or hybrid environment.
Upgrade and Migration Documents
Additionally, we provide upgrade guides and conversion utilities to move from JAM 5 to JAM 7 or Panther. This path is laid out clearly via documentation and conversion tool support.
In fact, our Upgrade Guide for transitioning from JAM 5 to Panther outlines three upgrade paths, migration, utility conversion, or full upgrade, with tools like f5upg, dd5upg, and conversion utilities.
By offering both HTML and PDF versions, we make sure teams can consume the content in whichever format best suits their workflow.
