RE: DDS Screens To Java

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pat wondered

[Regarding converting 5k display files with WebFacing]

>Is that a single application that
>contains that many display files ???

Yes.

>What's a Athlon ? and why are you using one ?

Sorry.  Athlon processors are made by AMD (a competitor of Intel.)  They're
used in PC hardware.  I use the Athlon to run the DDS to WebFacing converter
and to administer the Websphere Application Server.  Both of those functions
require a Windows PC.  I'm using Windows 2000 running on a 1GHz Athlon with
512mb RAM.

>What did you do with all those (20,000 screens)
>Java Beans and how do you keep
>track of that many names ??

The conversion tool has an 'export' function that loads them all on the IFS.
I don't have to keep track of the names, although it's really somewhat
simple once you get used to it.  They get generated names that are based on
the DDS source member and stored in appropriate directories (managed by the
export process.)  Here's an example of one display file, APTGENBU1/QDDSSRC
member AAA3PVRD

A          R ZRCDDTL1
A          R ZCMDTXT1
A          R ZCONFIRM
A          R ZMSGRCD  SFL
A          R ZMSGCTL  SFLCTL
A          R ASSUME

Directory
/QIBM/UserData/WebASAdv/default/hosts/default_host/CommV/web/RecordJSPs/APTG
ENBU1/QDDSSRC/AAA3PVRD

contains the following objects
ASSUME.jsp
ASSUMEJavaScript.jsp
ZCMDTXT1.jsp
ZCMDTXT1JavaScript.jsp
ZCONFIRM.jsp
ZCONFIRMJavaScript.jsp
ZMSGCTL.jsp
ZMSGCTLJavaScript.jsp
ZRCDDTL1.jsp
ZRCDDTL1JavaScript.jsp

Directory
/QIBM/UserData/WebASAdv/default/hosts/default_host/CommV/servlets/APTGENBU1/
QDDSSRC/AAA3PVRD

contains the following objects
ASSUMEData.class
ASSUMEFeedback.class
ASSUMEView.class
ZCMDTXT1Data.class
ZCMDTXT1Feedback.class
ZCMDTXT1View.class
ZCONFIRMData.class
ZCONFIRMFeedback.class
ZCONFIRMView.class
ZMSGCTLData.class
ZMSGCTLFeedback.class
ZMSGCTLView.class
ZMSGRCDData.class
ZRCDDTL1Data.class
ZRCDDTL1Feedback.class
ZRCDDTL1View.class

One display file, 6 record formats, 16 Java classes (that get turned into
beans) and 10 Java Server Pages.  Depending on the mix of input/output/both
fields, the ratio varies.

  --buck