Re: RE: 5250 datastream & workstation I/O & WebFacing

Walden,

I think the fact that the drop down boxes for status fields are
automatically generated from the external values list file that the 5250
uses for validation is important to note. It's not taken from the DDS,
meaning the multiple language support is far easier (this is a big win for
me!). This tool is far more than a screen scraper, and I think Rory does
himself an injustice when he calls it that. The integration with the base
tool is another strength that I doubt aXes could get close to.

Just my opinion :-)

Crispin.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "MI Programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <mi400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 2:17 PM
Subject: RE: [MI400] RE: 5250 datastream & workstation I/O & WebFacing


> >Why reinvent the wheel?
>
> Oh, and as another user of his product I can say that it does more than
> aXes appears to. From what I saw of aXes it's a web-based 5250 emulator.
> Sure, I can change colors, but it still looks like a 5250 screen. Rory's
> lets me have drop down boxes, embedded images, and other cool "web"
> things. If aXes has that, they need a better demo.
>
> And as for the non-interactive issue. Other than saying that they "do
> it" and a small comment on setting a flag in the user guide (and why
> WOULDN'T you want to do this) they don't say much about the batch
> options. The demo program stack appears to go through QWT3REQIO and
> "looks" like a normal interactive job, so I'd love to see more about
> that option.
>
> -Walden
>
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