Re: EGL for wireless handheld

["Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

The other thing you may want to consider is WML (Wireless Markup Language)
which is more catered to devices than HTML.  I would guess EGL has support
for that, and if not you could actually develop it in raw Servlets or
RPG-CGI without too much work (I have only done one small WML application,
so my experience is limited).

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 2:41 PM, DeLong, Eric <EDeLong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> I would imagine that most "wireless handhelds" would offer a browser
> application.  Using EGL, you could create a web UI, and deploy this
> application in a web server.  I'm sure there would be some limitations in UI
> functionality, depending on the browser offered on the device.
>
> Eric
>
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>
>
> Don't laugh at this question.  It will demonstrate ignorance on my part. :)
>
> I'm in the very early stages of some warehouse automation.  Looking at
> access points and handheld computers.
>
> If we had wireless handhelds with 5250 emulation, I *could* write RPG
> code to drive whatever applications I would choose to write.  But
> suppose I want to take another route.  EGL generates either COBOL or
> Java.  I have no Java knowledge whatsoever.  Could RDI SOA be used to
> generate Java which is then run by the handheld and therefore have a
> richer interface than 5250 emulation?  With DB2 on System i record level
> access?  And this would be a lot easier and faster to learn for a lone
> wolf like me?
>
> Thanks.
>
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