RE: Green screen to GUI

If all you know is RPG, if your whole background is green screen RPG, then
VARPG is a much shorter learning curve than Java or C.  IBM has always had a
career development path for technical people, and I believe VARPG was
envisioned as being a way to get legacy shops to adopt GUI applications.

One of the nice things, in my opinion, is that a VARPG application doesn't
have to replace an existing application;  it can augment it.  If you already
have a functioning Accounts Payable system and want to allow staff to review
old A/P activity with a vendor, why not write a small VARPG application
using existing files and data?  There's no need for a new from-scratch
application with downloaded files, just add to the existing framework.. 
 
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Booth Martin
http://www.martinvt.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: 09/21/05 12:27:09
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Green screen to GUI
 
I know the reason I never got into VARPG is that it's about as
proprietary as can be. I mean, at least folks know BASIC, so if they
wanted to program in VB (for whatever reason), you could find folks
that could pick it up. But...if you're going to develop visual code,
you may as well have a slightly steeper learning curve and use C or
Java. After all, the RPG syntax isn't all that special...
 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: Green screen to GUI
> From: "Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, September 21, 2005 1:13 pm
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> hee hee...  I was familiar with the chicken and a few of the other links.
> Did you also write an article that appeared in one of the magazines a few
> years ago?
>
> But the question remains unanswereed.  Why no traction?  Why have RPG
shops
> avoided VARPG like it was a loathesome evil?
>
> ---------------------------------
> Booth Martin
> http://www.martinvt.com
> ---------------------------------
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Date: 09/21/05 11:58:53
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Green screen to GUI
>
> I am slightly familiar with Visual RPG...
>
> VARPG Game Programming - http://www.itjungle.com/mpo/mpo081502-story01
html
> Visual Age for RPG: Who knew it was so much fun? - http://www.itjungle
> com/mpo/mpo041102-story01.html
> Fun with VARPG radio buttons - http://www.itjungle
com/mpo/mpo042502-story02
> html
> Introduction to WIN32 API programming with VARPG - http://www.itjungle
> com/mpo/mpo092602-story01.html
> Create an animated chicken with VARPG - http://www.itjungle
> com/mpo/mpo092602-story06.html
> VARPG and iSeries databases - http://www.itjungle
com/mpo/mpo060602-story02
> html
> VARPG Subfiles - An introduction -
> http://www.itjungle.com/mpo/mpo060602-story05.html
>
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