Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there an "enhanced 5250 data stream"?  The scroll bar, radio buttons, 
 check boxes, and push buttons all became available with the advent of 
the enhanced controller, so far as I know?



James H H Lampert wrote:
> Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I can not believe the amount of resistance I have gotten 
> > from trying to implement scroll bars on green screen
> > subfiles.
>
> I don't recall encountering *resistance,* but I do recall 
> running into trouble finding docs and tools to implement 
> them.
>
> As I recall, InfoWindow II terminals do have scroll-bar 
> capability. That is what we're talking about, right?
>
> If I remember right, I've run into even more trouble 
> finding docs to help me add the capability to our 
> emulator.
>
> -----
>
> Incidentally, as far as mouse support goes, our QuestView 
> product has just about all the mouse support you can 
> possibly get in a terminal-based application without 
> delving into Programmable Mouse Buttons (which is a good 
> deal more than most people might think possible), and it 
> does it through a combination of Simple Hotspots and a 
> number of tricks.
>
> --
> JHHL