Re: Replacing IIS with iSeries 400

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Date: 04 October 2001 17:55
Subject: RE: Replacing IIS with iSeries 400


>> Have a look at www.insure.ie and www.firstcalldirect.ie for MDC client
>sites
>> in 100% LANSA code.
>
>Um.  Interesting website.  I entered the data, got to the last page, and it
>told me I had made an error.  It told me to press the back button to get
>back to the page in error and fix it.  When I hit the back button, all my
>previous entries were cleared lost and I had to re-enter everything.


Neither of the above sites gives a message re the back button when you get
an error, they post a list of error message which you correct on the page,
you do not lose any data. If you try to skip pages or run 2 browser session
at same time and cut & paste data between them (i.e. client trying to insure
a Porsche at Peugeot prices) then server will clear fields. If you can
replicate what you say then please mail me the example to mike@mdc.ie (with
the reference no. if possible).
>
>This is what you consider to be a web application?
>

No, I would NOT expect or accept that from a web application, I await your
example.

>
>
>What the heck is condition "S_I73IOC2"?  I suppose it's something I set up
>in the LANSA source code.  Oh look!  Hardcoded colors and font sizes!  In
>fact, I guess I set up all the individual pieces of HTML in "Web
>components", and anything I want to change, I hardcode in my source.  Yeah,
>that's pretty high level.
>
>But then again, I assume the source is easy, a high level of abstraction
>above everything else.  After all, this is a 4GL


I don't think you've discovered the wizard to do the page layouts  in your 5
min dig.
>
>I've attached the code required to maintain a data area.  I'm pretty
>confused as to how this is a 4GL.  It sure looks like a combination of DDS
>and CL code to me.  With hardcoded checking of the CPU type, to boot, so
>that I conditionally execute code based on the machine I'm running on.


Joe,  are you telling me your product can work on multiple platforms without
checking?
Are you going to give me a look how it does this?

Mike.
>
>Anyway, I'm done.  Anybody interested in programming in LANSA should
>definitely take a look at the code Mike pointed me to.  It's definitely
>enlightening.
>