Re: Looking for the perfect 5250 client...

["Jerome Draper" <jdraper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sound like Synapse IP Client is what you are looking for.  It has the
features you describe including the copy/paste ctl-c and ctl-v.

It uses only 7MB on the desktop, makes no changes to the registry, or
\windows\system folder, etc.  It has a very robust display, printer, and sql
based file transfer.

Synapse is unique in that tech support and online updates are FREE.

A trial version is available at http://www.synapse.com.

It is reasonably priced at $179 for dsp, prt, xfer or $89 for each
individual item.  Site license pricing is available.

It works on any Windows OS from Win3.1 to 9x, to ME, to 2K, to XP.

Synapse engineers have over 23 years of thinking in this code base.

They were SSI, they invented 5250 emulation in 1979, they were Emerald, they
were Andrew, they did ETU, they quietly did OEM versions of 5250 emulation
for Andrew, Netsoft, DCA, Connectronnix, and Attachmate, they are nice guys.
Founder Joe Frank was a senior architect of SSP on the S3x when he worked
for IBM.

This is a good company to support.

CLAIMER:  I sell, support, use, and recommend Synapse products.

Regards,


Jerry


Jerome Draper, Trilobyte Software Systems, since 1976
Network and Connectivity Specialist -- Mac's, LAN's, PC's, Linux, Sun, and
iSeries
Representing Synapse, Nlynx, Perle, CLI, Intermate and Others .....
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Bale <dbale@samsa.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 7:59 AM
Subject: Looking for the perfect 5250 client...


> O.k., this is it.  I am looking for the "perfect" 5250 emulator client.
In
> short, I can say that the good features of Client Access (v3r2 is what I
> currently use) make it an ideal client for me.  But CA carries a lot of
> baggage, and sometimes I am forced to use other 5250 clients because of
> limitations.  The one that I am currently forced to use as some clients'
> AS/400s don't have CA installed, is a dud called ViewNow currently
marketed
> by NetManage (more on that below).
>
> The good that keeps me coming back to CA:
> Primarily, when using the green screen, I don't even know the mouse
exists;
> I am definitely a keyboardist in this mode.  I also use a *lot* of MS
> Word-type of copying/pasting and cursor navigating in the course of my
daily
> work:
> - Ctrl-C: Copy selected text into clipboard
> - Ctrl-V: Paste clipboard
> - Shift-Cursor: Select text in the direction of the cursor key being used.
>
> When editing source, I colorize comments quite a bit.  I need an easy way
to
> do this.  CA has a macro function available for this that I assign to a
> popup keypad and to a few keyboard key combinations.  I will *not* succumb
> to copying attributes from a "color" source member set up for this
purpose.
>
> The 27x132 mode is very readable.  I do all my editing in this mode.
>
> Frankly, I don't think these features would be all that difficult to
> achieve.  However, my (admittedly limited) experience with other vendors'
> 5250 clients has left me unfulfilled.  I have yet to find one that will
let
> me do the customization I described above.  (If any of you know of one,
> please let me know!)  The aforementioned ViewNow is a piece of cr*p, you
> need a support contract to report bugs (!!!), and, anyways, NetManage
isn't
> enhancing or fixing it anymore (but they'll be glad to sell you Rumba).
Woe
> be to you if you type a non-numeric in a numeric-only field, or try to
type
> past the end of a mandatory field-exit field with this client; the Reset
key
> doesn't fix it, and we (finally) discovered that you have to SysReq and
> return to get the keyboard to unlock.  Bleaahhh.
>
> The other "new" thing I've encounted is connecting to remote AS/400s thru
> VPN.  I discussed this in a previous thread.  The IP address points to our
> server, and then a pre-defined port on that server "VPNs" to the remote
> AS/400.  CA v3r2 does not seem to support this.  ViewNow does.  Do other
> clients support this?
>
> I am wondering if the open-source 5250 client I've seen discussed here
would
> allow me to do the customization I require "out-of-the-box".  I would be
> willing to develop something for it, if it is possible, and is within my
> skillset.
>
> Comments would be most certainly appreciated.
>
> - Dan Bale
> (I am *NOT* "Dale"
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200105/msg00281.html )
> SAMSA, Inc.
> 989-790-0507
> DBale@SAMSA.com
>   Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
>   (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
>
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