× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.



We are moving everything to web. Using CGIDEV servis program and some NetData. Depending on each program, we either use the DDS to make the HTML and the program logic just change the EXFMT for WrtSection. There is some extra work converting and moving data.

In others we just re-do the program.

You can go to a "mixed" envirnmente by using screen scrapers. Just moving a green screen to the browser gives the user a sensation that you didn't do any changes, but also they feel confortable.


Kurt Anderson wrote:

Not to long ago, we decided to go to Visual Age RPG for new interface
development. However, we're reanalyzing the language decision though
we'd still like to go with a non-green-screen interface. So I have a
few questions.
1. Can anyone recommend any sites that compare the pros and cons of
Browser-based applications vs .exe type applications. Apparently my web
searching skills have failed me with this one.
2. Has anyone here had their company (or been involved with a company)
who switched "completely" away from green screen to some other GUI
format? If so, would you mind sharing the language(s) that were used?
3. Like VARPG, PHP seems to have a limitation in calling System I
service program procedures in that the only value that can be returned
is 10i 0 (which sounds like it is based on the QZRUCLSP API). Is there
any word on this potentially changing so the return value doesn't have
to be an integer? We could develop our service programs to return
values in the parameters only, but we have a lot of existing service
programs that are using the return value.
4. It sounds like Java on the System i has had its speed improved post
v5r2. Is it night and day or is it negligible? Our website went
Windows after complaints of speed on our v5r2 box (we're v5r4 now).

Any input would be greatly appreciated (though I really hope this
doesn't devolve into [a] is better than [b]. ;)

Kurt Anderson
Application Developer
Highsmith Inc.
W5527 State Road 106, P.O. Box 800
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800
TEL (920) 563-9571 FAX (920) 563-7395
EMAIL kjanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx





As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...

Replies:

Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.