Re: Web Facing - A Browser Front with a 400 back? Sounds good?

Rick,

My primary focus for the past seven years has been
developing new Web applications as opposed to
attaching an HTML interface to existing applications,
but I have taken some time to review the essentials of
HATS, Webfacing, and PCS400, and would encourage you
to take a closer look at PCS400 in particular, if
slight modifications to your application source code
is an option.

In contrast to HATS, PCS400 bypasses the 5250
interface, which eliminates the interactive CPW
requirements of applications.  PCS400 generates more
streamlined HTML than both Webfacing and HATS, and
performs better.  Joe Pluta provides quite a bit of
personalized support to ensure a successful
transformation.  The overall architecture of PCS400 as
well as the generated UI components are more adaptable
in the event that it might be helpful to customize the
user interface, after the initial transformation.

Nathan.



--- CZE Midrange <CZEMidrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> We have had a growing need to "web face" many of our
> 400 applications so
> remote users can log into programs from the internet
> but still have the
> updates done directly into the 400 database...as a
> back office.
> 
> I have heard IBM Web Facing provides this
> functionality to handle this type
> of project but I have also heard HATS and 1 or 2
> other independent
> operations are in competition as well for these
> services.
> 
> Can anyone shed some education on: the pros and cons
> of Web FAcing vs. HATS
> vs anyone elses product? Known bugs, limitations,
> stuff like that. One
> rumour i heard about Web Facing is there are
> application problems when you
> get "very complex" with your screen design.
> 
> Our box has 2400 CPM (520) running on v5.3.
> 
> Thank you very much for any time you can lend here.
> 
> Rick Rayburn
> NYC
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