Re: webfacing and competing products

FreeStyle is nothing more than RPGIV-CGI that uses a bunch of "service"
programs to replace datatags in your HTML document with HTML code. It's
something that any shop that knows how to use RPGIV and CGI could put
together on their own, given a little bit of development time. While it's a
good product, it's not revolutionary by any stretch of the imagination.  If
you're going to spend that much money "modernizing" your 5250...why not go
for something that is truly modern and easy to use such as Joe Pluta's
product or, heck, even IBM's WebFacing tool.

Shannon O'Donnell


----- Original Message -----
From: "Valerio Vincenti" <VVincenti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: webfacing and competing products


> Jim,
>
> There is another product that I haven't seen mentioned in this thread:
> FreeStyle-400.
>
> There is no 5250 data stream involvement. DSPFs are replaced by HTML
> (developed with your editor of preference). Instead of EXFMTs, you use
> CALLs to FreeStyle-400 procedures passing substitution variables.
>
> Since there is no direct dependency between the rpg program and the
> HTML screen, a Web designer can work on the HTML code while an rpg
> programmer is writing the business logic to drive it. Also, unless there
> is a change in the substitution variables structure, modifications to
> the HTML layout don't require recompiling the rpg.
>
> At our shop we liked this approach and are considering purchasing the
> product.
>
> You can find more details on their web site at www.curbstone.com
>
>
> Valerio Vincenti
> IT Business Analyst
> County of Spotsylvania, I.S. Department
> Spotsylvania, VA 22553
> Phone (540) 582-7055 Ext. 233
> Fax (540) 582-6304
> e-mail: vvincenti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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