Re: AS/400 client

["Syd Nicholson" <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Barry,

This could be very useful, could save frequent rebooting.

I will try it.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry L. Kline" <blkline@attglobal.net>
To: <LINUX5250@midrange.com>
Sent: 18 December 2000 14:29
Subject: Re: AS/400 client


> Syd Nicholson wrote:
> >
> > hI,
> >
> > Here is another one for you.
> >
> > Cursor positioning is poor. The cursor always goes to the first input
field
> > on th display. It does not go where the AS/400 program tells it to go.
For
> > me this is EXTREMELY important. I have clients who will NOT accept
software
> > that functions like this.
> >
> > When writing AS/400 programs cursor postioning is all important and can
make
> > the difference between a user friendly system accepted by the client and
one
> > that is rejected. Personally I can struggle on with your tn5250, always
> > needing to tab to the field I want to input, but I need to test the
cursor
> > positioning on displays written for clients. To do this I must reboot
into
> > MS Windows and use the Client Access version.
> >
> > I am forced to use Windows for AS/400 development because of this
problem.. I
> > rarely use Linux. I am even considering that Linux may be a waste of
time
> > and reclaiming the disk space for use with Windows.
> >
>
> I work exclusively with tn5250 and I'm trying to figure out an example
> that demonstrates the problem you are using.  In the meantime, do what
> I do... I run Win4Lin and have a Win95 session available to me.  I
> have Office loaded on it for one client who insists that the work I do
> for him be in Access.  You could easily load Win98 and CA there for
> testing purposes.
>
> Win4Lin can be found at www.trelos.com.
>
> Barry
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