Re: iSeries Access for Web questions

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

TN5250j will run as an applet within a browser which is a little bit 
different than iSeries Access for Web, which is a web server based 
application.  An applet will have to be downloaded by each PC user and a 
JVM will have to be present (or it will be downloaded for you).  That 
tends to be a support hassle but is only a one time thing. 

iAW has many administration capabilities as well.  The closest I came to 
mimicking that with tn5250j is the web5250 project I started (but never 
finished) about 4 years ago.  You can find that open source project 
here: http://www.web5250.com

Pete Helgren


Pete Hall wrote:
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> I'm almost positive that TN5250J can be served in a browser, and it's
> free. http://sourceforge.net/projects/tn5250j/. It says on the site that
> it's for Linux-like systems. I've run it on Windows plenty of times.
> It's written in Java. OS doesn't matter. Also, interestingly, it appears
> to be in development again.
>
> Pete Hall
> pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> Jim Franz wrote:
> | So am I taking this wrong looking for 5250 in a browser, and nothing more?
> | Management has specifically cut off *any development on this software
> - - all
> | they are asking is portal access for the iSeries Access users.
> | Jim
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "Shannon ODonnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> | Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:34 AM
> | Subject: RE: iSeries Access for Web questions
> |
> |
> |> The only caveat I'd offer here is don't take this request lightly.
> |>
> |> You say "No desire to make a big project out of this. Old apps on their
> |> way
> |> out the door." Implying that this access is no big deal and possibly even
> |> unimportant and maybe short term.
> |>
> |> But I've seen little projects like this, which are only supposed to be
> |> around for a few months, still running after 5 years. Only now they bear
> |> little resemblance to the original "no big deal" request because the
> users
> |> got used to it, decided they liked it, and won't let management
> remove it.
> |> Instead, they Frankenstein the project and it becomes a true maintenance
> |> and
> |> management nightmare.
> |>
> |> So...my suggestion would be to give this project as much thought and
> |> planning as you would any other long term project because chances are
> that
> |> it could be around way longer than you think.
> |>
> |>
> |>
> |> -----Original Message-----
> |> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> |> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
> |> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:58 PM
> |> To: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> |> Subject: iSeries Access for Web questions
> |>
> |> IT manager wants to put something in the portal for users to get green
> |> screen apps. They currently have iSeries Access latest version on V5R4
> |> system.
> |> Merged with another company with an existing MS based portal. Looking
> |> for something as simple as making it avail in the portal and let users do
> |> what they can do today with iSeries Access for Windows.
> |> No desire to make a big project out of this. Old apps on their way
> out the
> |> door.
> |> 1. Can iSeries Access for Web do the job for fairly intensive green
> screen
> |> apps. Some are s36 pgms...
> |> 2. Mostly network printers, but a few printers cabled to back of pc.
> |> 3. Future goal of single sign on.
> |> 4. Hundreds of users. Decent 525 single processor with good memory.
> |> 5. Not running websphere or any other app server - hoping to use new lite
> |> app server
> |> Jim Franz
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