Re: RPG to Java Conversion

[Kristen Henry <klhnry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are already using JWalk, what about switching to Transidiom, as 
you can use the JavaBean that gets created for you like a "Database 
call" to your series of green screens with a 'parameterized request' and 
a 'data structure response' (complete with getters and setters).  There 
is no 'per seat' issue with Transidiom.. I have done a few projects with 
it and just love it.  

Kristen

TitanRebel wrote:

> Sorry for the delayed response...busy day.
>
> In a nutshell, what we are doing is Servlet/JSP for simple navigation 
> and simple applications with less complex UI requirements.  However, 
> the bulk of our effort has been using Swing Applets comunicating XML 
> over HTTP to Servlet(s), which may or may not be using existing RPG 
> logic to return results to the Applet.
>
> A couple of things I didn't point out in the original email were that 
> we are enhancing existing functionality of these legacy applications 
> while moving parts of them to Java.  We are not just changing the 
> "presentation layer".  Removing 5250 Interactive Tax is a benifit, but 
> not the driving force.  We (my company) want to place more importance 
> on an intuitive, yet robust UI.  We are a software vendor, and compete 
> with other solutions based on Windows and also Unix.  UI is considered 
> a weakness of our system (yes, this is a perceived weakness).  We 
> might have been out of business several years ago, if not for 
> Seagull's JWalk product (screen-scraper).  I don't like JWalk very 
> much, but it served it's purpose.  It gave a better impression to 
> perspective customers than did green-screen.  We have passed the limit 
> of the JWalk product, and Java is our next step (albeit large).  
> Applets give us the advantage of a Rich GUI without having to 
> install/deploy/upgrage each and every PC that needs to use the software.
>
> Ken Kennedy