I should add that there were no programming changes involved.
Paul Nelson
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-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul
Nelson
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 9:28 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push
backfromyounger employees?
I had a client move from green screen to GUI in about 90 days by using the
product from Look Software.
The wet behind the ears CFO bragged to his frat buddies that he got a
Windows software system for very little money and he didn't even need to
change to a new server.
We did not bother to correct his thinking. :-)
The goofy part was that I once noticed a user entering a piece of data, use
his mouse to move to the next field, enter some more, and then click OK. He
was taking four times as long to enter transactions than he needed to. When
I explained the use of the Field Exit key and the Tab key, he looked at me
like I walked on water.
Kids these days. Sheesh.
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 409-267-4027
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Raul
Jager
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 9:19 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push back
fromyounger employees?
Go ahead with the change. Go to web.
We began the change 20 years ago. Some user where against the new
interface, and we had to restrict the green screen, but when we put it
back on, the users stayed with the web.
Once we learned to use the web, none of the programmers wanted to do any
more green screen programs. The web gives a lot of resources , and
frees from the limit in the size. You can replace one program at a time,
and run "hybrid". Usually, by replacing just a few programs you will
take most of the work to the web.
We use CGIDEV2. It replaces the "screen" with a "mask" in html and the
RPG logic remains very similar. (assuming you have small - one task
each - programs)
A good web designer can do the "presentation" without knowing RPG, and
you can use it with minimal web knowledge. Basic html is simple, but
not spectacular. Even so, it is better than green screen.
On 12/12/2017 11:04 AM, Ken Meade wrote:
I had a request to update our interface from a green screen application to
a 'more modern GUI' because of an inability to keep new employees because
of the look/feel of the green screen apps and the ability to more easily
train them if the look/feel was something they were more familiar with.
I'm just curious if others have run into this as a reason to 'modernize'
their applications.
Thanks,
Ken Meade
Director of Information Technology | kmeade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
603.444.3570 |
1309 Mt. Eustis Road, Littleton, NH 03561
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