Re: Java, HTML, & other funny acronyms

PHIL HALL @ SSA
07/02/97 03:52 PM


>> OK, someday someone is gonna tell me to "web
>> enable" my AS/400 apps.  Could somebody direct
>> me to a source of good basic information?  I know,
>> or at least I think I know, that Java is supposed to
>> be the all hottest thing today, having superceded
>> (supplanted? extended?) HTML as THE way to
>> develop web apps...but that pretty much exhausts
>> my knowledege.  Any thoughts/pointers?

(No pointers in Java ;-)

For a quick and easy(?) way to web enable AS/400 apps, you could use IBM's
5250/WebGate or
I/Net Webulator/400 (I think there's another couple of companies that do a
similar product). These
products use a similar concept of taking the 5250 data stream (via virtual
terminals) and creating
the corresponding HTML for the browser (I/Net have a demo on their web site
 http://www.inetmi.com/)

For Java enabling your apps, you'll have to hit code... there are a grand
total of one (1) Java ports to
the AS/400 - IBM's. This can be downloaded as a beta from the IBM AS/400
website
(http://www.as400.ibm.com/service/service.htm#down)

There are a number of win95/nt front ends for doing the Java development,
it's really a case of finding
one that fits the way you like to work.

Some sites to look at;

Advanced BusinessLink - AS/400 Web Server & Java 5250 Client. [
http://www.businesslink.com]
Net.Data for OS/400 gives dynamic HTML [http://www.as400.ibm.com/netdata]
Net.Data programming guide [
http://www.software.ibm.com/data/net.data/docs/]
Wall Data - ARPEGGIO Live! converts to HTML. [http:
//www.walldata.com/ARPEGGIO/arpeg.html]
Just so that I don't get/start a huge posting flame about advertising, I
*do not*, I repeat **do not** work
or have any financial involvement in any of the companies listed
above........ ;-)

Hope this helps....
Phil.


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