Re: Is HATS still a viable solution?

We have a single HATS application running. As well as a Webfacing project
without HATS. If you go in that direction, and are okay with the user
auto-signing in with a generic sign-in, you could look at a Webfacing
projects without HATS. In that case you can send them right to the
application or menu without needing the HATS 'green screen'. On a
day-to-day basis, they both work okay. However when we recently upgraded,
the HATS style we were using 'broke', and we had to rebuild a new one.
Another issue we have with HATS, is users generally just closing it without
signing off or backing out. It ties up licences for a while sometimes
causing us to get calls because people can't get in.

I think we are possibly going to plan to start looking for a replacement
for Webfacing/HATS in the next year or two (I'm sure depending on cost and
time). We just haven't started researching anything yet, so no suggestions
there.

Just passing some info to consider.


Shane Reeves
Programmer/EDI Analyst
269-324-9320 x444


date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:55:49 -0400
from: darren@xxxxxxxxx
subject: [WDSCI-L] Is HATS still a viable solution?


I've been tasked with running our shipping system, currently a barcode
scanner with a 5250 application, as a web page that could be easily run on
an android scanning device. I'm having trouble weeding through the
different solutions and the real advantages and disadvantages to the
different ways to get there. What I recall looking very attractive, some
years ago, was IBM HATS (host access tranformation service). I remember it
having some sort of per user licensing. I've also seen IBM products fade
away from support (ie. Infoprint Server) and I haven't heard a lot of
marketing behind HATS. Is this still an attractive product to accomplish a
screen scrape with some possible minor modifications to the display? Are
there better solutions now for accomplishing this without requiring a lot
of web design knowledge?





mistaken about how it works under the covers.