Re: Best webifier for green screen applications

Not sure I would agree with Aaron on the HATS statement.

Tim, it was good of you to challenge me because I provided zero reasoning
with my statement.

I've always considered HATS to be a "stepping stone technology" and not a
destination technology. By "destination technology" I mean the technology
stack used for new apps. I could be wrong, because I haven't used HATS in
a number of years, but is the main purpose of HATS to layer *on top of*
existing green screen?

​The reason I mentioned Profound's Genie (stepping stone) is they also have
a graduation path to ProfoundUI​ (new apps).


Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i


On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 8:37 PM, Tim Rowe <timmr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Greetings,

Not sure I would agree with Aaron on the HATS statement.

When it comes to UI modernization there are many options on the market
place including the IBM HATS product.

Hats is a fine product for doing screen scraping, a good choice for
applications that you don't have the source or are not planning on doing
extended UI updates. HATS is still a fully supported product and
continues
to be updated and enhanced.

Yea, there certainly are other ISV options available that are fantastic.
Each does things a bit differently and leverage a different technology
base.

Jon did a good job covering the ones that I am also aware that have
screen
scraping solutions as well as then the ability to really modernize the
UI
and take it to the next level.

Tim


Tim Rowe, timmr@xxxxxxxxxx
Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM
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