Re: Event-based actions

[Nathan <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting article here:

http://taatool.com/document/L_dspfdtaq.htm

Sent from my iPad

On Sep 3, 2012, at 6:35 AM, Jack Callahan <jjcllhn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dieter:
>
> Not only possible with RPG and 5250- it's been possible since IBM enabled
> display files to post status changes to data queues. FWIW, I believe that
> feature was introduced on the System 38 from the research I did supporting
> an such an application 12 years ago. Said app was at least 10 years old at
> that time.
>
> Was an undocumented maintenance nightmare until I used object auditing to
> trace through the event chains, but I came to appreciate it as one of the
> most elegant designs I've seen implemented on the platform.
>
>
> > ... for this kind of application, you would need 2 parts:
> > - a runtime supporting registration of listeners (windows, xwindows or
> something comparable as Javascript based for a browser interface)
> > - a programming language supporting Multithreading (remark: rpg with 5250
> is not possible)
> > most of this is done with Java, C# and C++
> >
> > D*B
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