Re: EGL for wireless handheld

The other thing you may want to consider is WML (Wireless Markup Language)
which is more catered to devices than HTML. I would guess EGL has support
for that, and if not you could actually develop it in raw Servlets or
RPG-CGI without too much work (I have only done one small WML application,
so my experience is limited).

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:41 PM, DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Jeff,

I would imagine that most "wireless handhelds" would offer a browser
application. Using EGL, you could create a web UI, and deploy this
application in a web server. I'm sure there would be some limitations in UI
functionality, depending on the browser offered on the device.

Eric

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Don't laugh at this question. It will demonstrate ignorance on my part. :)

I'm in the very early stages of some warehouse automation. Looking at
access points and handheld computers.

If we had wireless handhelds with 5250 emulation, I *could* write RPG
code to drive whatever applications I would choose to write. But
suppose I want to take another route. EGL generates either COBOL or
Java. I have no Java knowledge whatsoever. Could RDI SOA be used to
generate Java which is then run by the handheld and therefore have a
richer interface than 5250 emulation? With DB2 on System i record level
access? And this would be a lot easier and faster to learn for a lone
wolf like me?

Thanks.

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