Re: No more 3rd Gen COM in 6.1?

Configurator under V6.1 will be a green screen program    CFG700.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dee Westerfield <Dee_Westerfield@norwalk-furniture.com>
To: BPCS-L@midrange.com <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 3:03 AM
Subject: Re: No more 3rd Gen COM in 6.1?


>What is the status of the configurator under 6.1?
>
>>>> Skip Williams <skipwilliams@pobox.com> 04/11/99 09:39PM >>>
>The DFS COM (Fat Client) is definitely RIP in eBPCS, i.e. v.6.0.1.  COM is
ONLY
>available in a standard 5250-type application on Mixed Mode AS/400, and in
and
>OPS, Thin-client version for Full Client/Server AS/400 and Unix.   This
allows
>eBPCS clients to use the ODW toolset to do any needed modifications to COM
>themselves.  It also simplifies the amount of network traffic for order
entry.
>
>As for CEA, it and OLM still remain as DFS applications. They have NOT been
>rearchitected.
>
>Skip
>
>At 4/1/99 09:32 AM -0700, you wrote:
>>
>> I've heard a rumor that 6.1 is going pure 'thin client' or green screen
for
>> order entry and eliminating COM in Session manager. Can anyone verify
this?
>> Will configurator work in green screen? If this is true of COM what about
>> CEA?
>>
>>
>> George Sagen
>>
>
>
>
>
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