Re: Serving data to a web page via Websphere

Jade,

If you don't have much exposure to Websphere, join the
list at ignite400.com.  There are plenty of grizzled
veterans there (not that I'm one, but I like hearing
what they have to say).

Mike E.


--- Jade Richtsmeier <jade.richtsmeier@mcis.cog.mn.us>
wrote:
> We are not using Websphere, but we are planning to
> sometime down the road.
> For now, we are trying to build our applications so
> that they are modular
> and will, hopefully, be able to serve the web world
> as well as the 5250
> world.
> 
> We're using, what we call, a subfile server program
> to gather the data to be
> displayed on the subfile.  The 'driver' or
> controller program just handles
> screen functions - it doesn't contain any database
> files.
> 
> An MODS is being used to pass the subfile data back
> and forth between the
> controller and the server programs.  What is the
> best way to define the
> fields for the MODS?  Should we just define them
> individually in a /copy or
> should we create a physical file that contains all
> of the screen fields.
> What would work best when using websphere?  Or,
> maybe websphere so
> different, we wouldn't be able to use what we have
> right now anyway.
> 
> BTW, our exposure to websphere has been thru news
> articles and a visit with
> some IBM guys.  So, all we know is that it's 'going
> to be great and it'll do
> a lot for us', but we don't know any details about
> how great it is, or what
> it will actually 'do' for us.
> 
> Thanks!
> Jade Richtsmeier
> Analyst/Programmer
> MCIS
> Grand Rapids, MN
> jade.richtsmeier@mcis.cog.mn.us


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