RE: Web-Facing Tool - not tied to WebSphere only

Hi.

The WebFacing runtime is not directly tied to WebSphere.
Any Java Web application up to the right JAVA standards should
be able to communicate with the WebFacing server runtime.

I will be trying to run Tomcat with it shortly....

Jim Mason

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Jim,

But the use of function keys in the first place is part of the 5250
mindset.
A good HTML design would have the need for keys. That, I think, is part of
the reason all the 5250 to HTML tools will eventually fail. The interactive
design and flow of a good HTML interface is different enough from a 5250
one
that we can't simply map from one to the other, no matter how much we
wanted
to.

David,

If I understand you question, you're not talking about 5250 to HTML, but
HTML in general. If so, the _only_ place I'd even consider 5250 better than
HTML is pure heads-down data entry. I think the speed of 5250 with the
physical location of the field exit keys is better than HTML. But other
than
that minor detail I think HTML is every bit as capable as 5250.

All,

As far as web-facing in general goes I have three major problems with it.
1) The interactive tax.
2) Only works with IE as browser according to an IBM presentation to LISUG
a
couple of months ago. I believe this has to do with the fact that they used
DHTML to support some of the features and DHTML is only available on IE
3) Requires websphere. Currently WS is free, but my understanding from a
LISUG presentation last week is that version 4 and beyond aren't free at
all.

Can they fix these? sure. Will they...

-Walden

-Walden
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