Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

Mark,

 There are certainly technical ways to resolve that.  One way it was
approached on the PC side is CSS (Cascading Style Sheets.)  The same
output can look *comletely* different based on the content of the CSS.

 I don't know if that's a practical approach for the iSeries, but
conceptually, it's an easy way to customize the look and feel of your
applications.  There's no reason that GUI'ized 5250 screens need to look
like they were screen scraped.

 -mark

the system s/b
smart enough to know that I've got a browser vs. a 5250 device at the
other and of the pipe and output a browser data stream instead of a

5250

data stream.

This is EXACTLY what the subsystem of a good 4GL multiple interface
application generator does when you click compile. the objects needed
for each interface are compiled. Is it beautiful and perfect and
unlimited in scope -no. Does it work -yes. I create web pages, 5250
screens and compiled C code for windows with 1 mouse click.
But -NO ONE wants their web pages or windows programs to look like a
green screen so the thought of doing the work once and deploying in 3
interface technologies is short lived.
In reality, you do the basics in 3-for the price of-1 compiles then
spend manhours on Windows program screens and web pages, while not
breaking 5250 interfaces.
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