Re: ODW?

In a message dated 2/16/99 4:25:21 PM Central Standard Time, DAsmussen@AOL.COM
writes:

> 
>  Joe,
>  
>  In a message dated 2/16/99 2:07:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>  joegreen@execpc.com writes:
>  
>  > I say "windows front end" for lack of a better term.  (screen scrapper?)
>  >  
>  >  If you go client/server on V6 you cannot make modifications to the
client
>  >  portion of the programs (ex.  CEA) unless you contract that out from
SSA.
>  
>  Yes, because everything outside of COM and CEA still uses the ODO screen
>  scraper for so-called "full client" access.  Some users with clout have the
>  beta version of ODW for NT -- what the final product will be is anyone's
>  guess...

ODW is very real, and yes it runs on NT. There are several pieces to it (
design tool, large BPCS repository and server-side code generator ) and you
apparently need a darned big/fast NT server for the repository ( which no
longer lives on the AS/400, but it does generate there...). If you call your
SSA types, and they call their internal SSA product types, and you are willing
to sign the right papers, you can enter into an agreement to get it. It only
has a 6.0.04 BPCS repository so far, but you can bet new releases of BPCS will
also be put into a repository for ODW. It also works for Unix. . . the BEC
(BPCS Extensibility Center) types in Canada use it already to do modifications
for Unix customers. It also does NOT work with Windows95/98 (or OS/2 ). 

You can even look on OGS and see COMPLETED recent BMRs done for ODW...so you
know it is real....they are fixing bugs in it! If you search the Frequently
Asked Questions, you can find references to it (from very recently):

MR Number:41726
Priority Code:E
Version Reported:6004
Platform Reported:CLT       
Program:ODW/OPS   
Origin Code:I
Completed Date:07-08-98
Rejected Date:00-00-00
Rejected Reason:   

Action diagram printout wrong.
When printing action diagrams of display programs from the OPS Designer the
report contains a lot of ADK specific references and parts of the printout are
in an incorrect sequence.  For example Pre-Screen Actions are specified after
Post-Enter Actions in the layout.  The layout should be more like an expanded
version of the program structure chart that the user can view while designing
a display program.  The fact that the report does not match what the user can
see in the designer causes much confusion to new non-AS/SET ADK users.


Object Detail:

ObjectPlatformVer & RelStatPriCompleted
ODW       CLT       600401   PE 07-08-98

 

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