Re: Web enabling AS/400 applications -- MIDRANGE-L

depending what you want to do, have you considered 3270/5250 screen
scrapers?  I have found is taking an NT box (hehehehe... flame on) and
sticking a product called Screen Surfer ( http://www.screensurfer.com ) on
it the quickest, most non-intrusive way of getting at existing applications
on the 400.

I'm not talking about hitting just databases on the 400, the options for
that are unlimited, but using existing applications without putting any
separate progs on the 400...

The users take their browsers and hit that NT box. Screen Surfer hits the
400 via 5250 or 3270, changes the datastream to HTML and sends it back to
the browser.  The very cool thing about SS as compared to other scrapers is
that it has  a scripting language for customizing the screens (so you don't
just get glorified green screens) called SurferScript...

Remember, I'm simply saying an external web server is JUST ONE OPTION... it
works well in some situations and is not right for others...

thank you for reading my words...

- Tad
-----Original Message-----
From: Bleddyn Williams <bleddyn@morpheus.ltd.uk>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: Web enabling AS/400 applications


>I am sorry I would have to disagree with that statement. If you listen and
>believe all the IBM marketing hype the premier web enabling platform may be
>Notes, but I know for certain that its not. If you are taking existing
>applications then you have to look at the built in webserver especially
from
>V430, and the INET server's from V420 and down, although at V420 they are
>pretty equal.
>
>You may also want to have a good look at IBM's Net.Data as a tool to use
>with the webserver, which is becoming more powerful it seems each month.
>This has the ability to interface with Java programs. Domino is useful in a
>Domino environment but don't be fooled into thinking it is all things for
>all people, or the Swiss Army Knife of the software world as IBM term it :)
>
>Thanks
>Bleddyn
>
>Webmaster for Morpheus & IGNITe/400
>
>http://www.ignite400.org - proving you don't need Netfinity to put the
>AS/400 on the Web.
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
>[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Wayne Capwell
>Sent: 07 October 1998 13:24
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: Web enabling AS/400 applications
>
>
>Hello John,
>
>The premier Web enabling platform for the AS/400 is Domino / Lotus
>Notes.  You can run Domino on an NT or IPCS (or native AS/400 if your on
>V4R2) and link the Domino database and applications to the AS/400
>database.  There is lots of information on the IBM and Lotus web sites.
>Try http://www2.lotus.com/home.nsf/welcome/domino
>and http://www.softmall.ibm.com/as400/domino/ to get you started.
>Good Luck.
>Wayne
>
>Vinod John wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>       How do we web enable existing AS/400 applications. I need to
>> interface an existing application on AS/400 with a Java application
>> running on a different platform.
>>       For example in an E-Commerce setup - A query originates from a
>> java application and expects the required data from AS/400 using another
>> existing AS/400 legacy application.
>>       Pl. inform me of any Object Request Broker products existing for
>> AS/400 platform and also any info on AS/400 web enabling (Application -
>> Application interface).
>>
>> Rgds,
>> VJ.
>>
>>
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