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The company where I am currently working is performing an evaluation of Seagull 
Software's Transidiom product as a means for integrating AS/400 data into a 
custom client-server order entry system.  They are also considering using it 
for entering data through the AS/400 screens.

I really don't want any commentary on WHY they are considering this, because I 
am trying to get them to consider OTHER ways of doing this, such as using 
ADO/OLE DB or even ODBC.  I have a preconception that there could be major 
problems using this technology.  However, I think that they are Hell-bent on 
doing it this way and I need some empirical evidence to help make 
recommendations.

So,

1) Is anybody using this software or anything like it (JWalk, etc)?

2) If so, what kinds of major issues (if any) have you encountered while using 
it?

3) Has program change management been difficult when using the screen-scraping 
product?

4) Since the screen-scraping scripts have to be changed (or at least tested) 
every time that any screen or program changes are made on the AS/400 side, how 
much time has been added to the system development cycle?

5) Any gotchas?

Thanks for your consideration....



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