Re: PC terminal server for 5250

Ok then, here is your big problem.

For any type of scalability using a Windows machine, you will need to run
NT.

Then, you are going to need to have your main application run at all times
as a service.

Visual Basic can not make an application that runs as a service.  You have
to use C++.  (There IS a way to run a VB app as a service, but it is
unsupported and has severe memory issues.)

Of course, this may be different with VB.Net.

I will think over it more and see if I can think of other issues ... not to
burst your bubble, but to help find possible hitches ... I assume that is
one reason you posted your idea to the list.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Jensen" <brad@elstore.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: PC terminal server for 5250


>
>
> Adam Lang wrote:
> >
> > I THINK I got it.
> >
> > It is a way for green screen users to use windows based applications
(that
> > are built specifically for this type of environment)?
>
> yes.  I'd say it the other way around - its a way for windows
> based programmers to create green screen applications.
>
> they both mean the same thing.
>
>
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