Re: New GUI for green on black... look at webfacing

[Jim Mason <JEMason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris.

You should take another look at WebFacing from IBM.
It's free, standard on iSeries.
It generates pure Java web applications that run in any environment:
intranet, Internet etc.
It AVOIDS 5250 data stream using data beans which are easier to work with.
Why not just WebFace your app????

Jim Mason

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>>All,
>
>The top brass here have got this idea of putting a GUI menu in front of
our
>existing GoB AS/400 application. The idea is fair enough - it gives the
>whole application a "fresh new face", whilst enabling us to slot in GUI
>functionallity piece-meal as we replace the GoB screens over time.
>
>I'm quite happy we could design a thick client GUI, in VB or Java, using a
>5250 emulator controlled by EHLLAPI.
>
>The problems start when I try to design a web based version. To the best
of
>my knowledge, none of the "standard" 5250-to-HTML converters (Webfacing,
>WSG, iSeries Access for the Web) allow programatic control of the data
>stream, such as the emulator does.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestion on how to solve this problem? Can it be
>done
>without using expensive middleware products?
>
>Any comments gratefully received...
>
>Chris
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