Re: toolbox to c# -- JAVA400-L

I won't try to convince you not to go to .net (don't know if you have any
choice in the matter or not) and I'm not going to get involved in any
discussion that might ensue about java vs. c#, microsoft vs. sun, or j2ee
vs. .net.  I'm only going to offer a piece of information.

I've heard that with WSAD, the widget toolkit (which is a GUI library) is
written to the native platforrms.  I've heard that the components therefore
end up looking more native and performing much faster.  If you are
interested in staying with Java, it sounds like something to look at.  The
downside is that there are not as many platforms supported because there
are native components required.  But I think all the major ones are or are
on the way.

I say I've heard, because I've not used it personally.  Sounds like it
might possibly be an easier path than moving to C#.

Just my .02.

Richard D. Dettinger
iSeries Java Data Access Team

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I was wondering, if this would work, and if  it would be acceptable...

Our company (PC side) is standardizing around the .net platform, and I
would
like to be able to use the same applications and resources as our pc
programmers...  And there all starting a transisition from VisualBasic to
C#, and I was wondering if the (400 Java Open Toolbox) could be converted
to
native c# code, and if it would still work.

Personal Feelings:  I like the cross platform abilities of Java, but for
our
PC clients, our gui apps seem to run too slow... Older pc hardware, so I
was
hoping if I could write the apps in c#, they would run faster, on our PC's
but still allow me full as/400 connection capabilities...

Any thoughts...

Thanks, tim
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