R: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

Bingo!!!!


----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Runnalls <nick_runnalls@hawkbridge.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 1:52 AM
Subject: RE: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?


> I believe all these changes miss the point. Some may consider this a
little
> off topic.
>
> What the AS400 needs to be modern is a Graphical Thin client, we need to
be
> able to write programs on the AS400 (in rpg?) that present data
graphically,
> on workstations or the internet, RPG is an excellent way of getting data,
> into and out of the database, what it can't do is display it in a modern
> fashion to our users, so we have to jump through hoops, to achieve this.
>
> We need Graphical Emulation not 5250, Graphical printer output not DDS or
> AFP IPDS, I know we harp on about green screen being more efficient for
data
> entry, but we have lost that battle, until this is supplied on the AS then
> RPG and the AS400 will not get the success that it deserves. Also we
should
> be able to use SQL the way that VB and Delphi programmers do so a subfile
> could be linked to an SQL statement, and datasets manipulated, within RPG.
>
> Nick Runnalls
>
>
>
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