Re: Browser-Based Emulation -- MIDRANGE-L

Our company is developing an Open Source menuing and program access product. In a nutshell, it provides a browser based, menu driven, user environment that launches both HTML and 5250 applications. Without going into great detail, it is an iSeries server application (Apache does the web serving) written in ILE RPG, but the applications it launches can be locally served HTML (CGI, servlet or whatever), 5250 apps or HTML served from any other server.

It is open source, but we have a slightly unusual licensing arrangement (a "pure" open source approach was vetoed by other members of my management team) . We work with school districts and require "membership" in a non-profit organization in order to release source code. There are a couple of other requirements as well. You can check out the www.edtechlabs.org web site for more info.

The application is called Application Execution Environment (AEE). Contact me off-list and I might be able to give you a demo of how it works and more info on EdTechLabs in general.

Pete


Krish Thirumalai wrote:

Peter,

I use the tn5250j and it is a great open source tool, but i have a
question based on that you have written ?

What is the open source menuing and program access tool that you
mention in this mail. Is this a menuing system that runs on the
iSeries ?

Thanks

Krish

On 5/9/05, Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I am probably biased because I monitor the project and have done some
coding on it, as well as we have integrated it into our Open source
menuing and program access tool that runs in a browser (full
disclosure!) but it is very mature, stable, and full featured.  It can
also be configured to run as an applet, like the Mochasoft product.  Did
I mention it is free?

It also has an excellent Java interface so that it can be easily
integrated into Java application, which is what we did.  I also have an
implementation of it that runs within a browser (not as an applet, it
runs as a servlet and generates HTML, much like iSeries Access for the
Web, except faster, lighter weight and Open Source).  I hope to get it
posted as a project on SourceForge soon (much to do, much to do....)

Give tn5250j a try....runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux....

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc.
Timpanogos Technologies, Inc


Keith Carpenter wrote:

There's an open source java based emulator that can also run as an
applet from a browser.  It supports SSL as well.

http://tn5250j.sourceforge.net/

Haven't tried it yet, so any feedback from those who have used it
would be appreciated.


Keith

michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi folks -

Looking for ideas/recommendations for a browser-based emulator. Have a
requirement for remote access...I don't want to/can't load iSeries
Access on the incoming devices.
How about Host On Demand? Who uses it? Is it good stuff? What do you
need on the iSeries? What's the LICPGM? How much does it cost?

What other tools are out there besides HOD?

I appreciate the help...

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