RE: iSeries and PDA

["Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arco,

What did you have in mind? There are PDA-based 5250 emulators out there
(http://www.mochasoft.dk/tn5250ce.htm for example) but I view those as
more for the operator that needs to check a message, not for end-user
applications -- but I guess they could be used that way.

Also, many (most?) modern PDAs have web browsers in them, so you could
always just use an iSeries based web app and browse to it, just remember
to design your web pages for the screen size restrictions.

However, if you're looking for a "real" PDA app, one that runs on the
PDA and connects to the iSeries for data when it's available, but works
when there is no iSeries around, then it's safe to say that you're going
to be "changing the programming environment" since I'm not aware of any
PDA that runs OS/400.

There's no reason that you can't use the MS technology on the PDA and
still have all your classic iSeries technology on the iSeries. The
existence of a MS-based solution shouldn't drive you "away from iSeries"
-- unless of course you're worried you might like the new environment
more. <G>

-Walden

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