Re: No 5250-based applications

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The same users DO recognize the stability of the 400 app, and the
crash/burn of  Exploder, etc. This set of users have not had a good
time with gui - lots of problems.

> Jim,
> I have those same users!!! :)
>
> I've NEVER heard a single one ask me to convert a GUI screen to 5250, but
> I've heard plenty of them ask if we can take their application off the
> "stupid old system". Not that I agree with their assessment of my beloved
> 400, but that's the way it is.
>
> Having said that, I also haven't heard a single one ask me to replace
their
> GUI with a browser.
>
>
> John Taylor
> Canada
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 4:44 PM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: No 5250-based applications
> >
> >
> > Actually my 5250 users have complained for years about field
> > exit, keyboard
> > locking, no mouse, and numeric fields for entry. They think it is
> > a "stupid,
> > old
> > system" that wont accept either 020101 or 02/01/01 or 02/01/2001 or
> > 2/1/01 or 2/1/1 or 2/1/2001 in a date field. They look at me and say,
> > "can't the 400 do this?" I've been trying to make all entry fields
alpha,
> > and
> > do the editing for numbers or dates in the code. I'm just completing my
> > first "data entry" cgi app, and so far the users like it. This is
search,
> > select,
> > and order entry, with a user doing perhaps a hundred or more a day. It
> > took several screens in 5250, and several in html. Was able to give them
> > some new functions. To make sure screens always come from the server
> > and not from cache, there is a timestamp in the url, making every url
> > unique.
> > Cache-no did not always work (ie5.1) I can get more data on the screen
> > in html, and if the data length is too long, it wraps easily.
> > For the VB comments, since I'm using a good tool (WebSmart), this is
> > quick development. No client but a standard browser. The in-house users
> > have asked if I can put their apps up the same way!
> > Web printing is a problem (sort of). Exploder print button does
> > not seem to
> > format
> > page breaks well. They dislike the wait of creating .pdf, but if that is
> > what it
> > takes, they will.
> > jim
> >
> >
>
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