RE: Client server applications

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Hi Santosh

You could search for articles in www.as400network.com

Using VB will be easy you can use clinet access drivers (or DB2 drivers)
[for that client access has to be installed]

If you know RPG then VARPG will be native too.If you know java fair enough
you can use tool box for java and write java/400 programs!!!

WebSphere is a collection of tools for internet development with a tool
(studio) for developing web pages and a sophisticated web server to host
it.You could study that in IBM websphere home page.

What is this VAX?.PLC means Programming Logic Controller - right.(am
electronics engr who learned programming and forgot electronics!!!)

Regards
Rizwan


 -----Original Message-----
From:   santoshp@lot.tatasteel.com [mailto:santoshp@lot.tatasteel.com]
Sent:   Saturday, September 08, 2001 8:43 AM
To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject:        Client server applications



Hello...
I am new to this forum and also new to as/400 machines..
At our company , we have been using as/400 for the past 10 years and have
recently migrated to v4r5 on an  an e-server..But we are still continuing
to run old cobol sources even for interative programs. We dont even use
client access.

I have worked on developer forms of ORACLE and want to do the same thing on
as/400 side.

Can we have an architecture with DB/400 on e-server as the database engine
and something like oracle forms running on an intel machine ... users can
log on to the intel server via their PCs.
This entire thing is required for scheduling  and production recording of
steel making.
The architecture should be able to communicate with other servers ( mostly
VAX) which capture automated data from PLCs etc.

whats the oracle form equivalent for DB2.
Will VB or java be better ??
what should I go for?
I keep hearing about websphere. what is it?
Is there some other software which I can get ?
Am I heading in the right direction.

santosh.

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e- mail at :  santoshp@lot.tatasteel.com
ITS, Tata Steel.
Jamshedpur, India.
Tel : 842134 (O) , 200279 (R).

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