Re: GreenScreen to Browser (was ServicePrograms VS normal Programs).

[Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27/08/2004, at 10:01 AM, Eduard Sluis wrote:

> But we would better like to make them browserbased.

At the risk of making yet another vendor announcement (but if Joe can 
do it so can I) you could take a look at aXes (US distributor is Linoma 
Software).

> We can not rewrite them.

aXes does not require you to make any changes to your existing code 
thus it works if you don't have the source. It also works with UIM and 
handles the DDS GUI constructs such as windows, radio buttons, check 
boxes, push buttons, and menu bars.

> We can not 'Yet' allow to change them in such a way they can not run
> anymore on greenscreen.

No changes are required to the application so it continues to work in 
greenscreen environments.

> We can not allow to end up with two versions.

That's one of the fundamental design aspects of aXes. No dual 
maintenance. Tools that convert DDS to HTML or JSP force dual 
maintenance. Even if they automate the conversion you still have to 
change the DDS and then remember to convert to JSP or whatever.

> What are the real options/tools available to do this??

aXes is one but there are others. iSeriesNetwork published a few 
articles covering a large number of re-facing tools.

> Mind.. No resources, No time.

That sounds like a perfect fit for aXes. Install it, start it, point 
your browser at it, and you're done.

> Ok... a little time and some resources.

Then you can do additional things like customising the skins, or 
writing web applications using Lua, etc.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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