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> From: Bob Cozzi (RPGIV) I realize you're talking about WebFacing, but since PSC400 uses an HTML interface, I'm interested in your reasoning, especially as to what constitutes a show-stopper. > Problems with the current WebFacing tools are: > 1) All apps use the Interactive processing of the system. PSC400 doesn't have this problem. Unfortunately, the tradeoff is the fact that it modifies the source code. As I outlined in my previous post, it's (currently) one or the other. > 2) HTML is really not well suited for subfiles. To watch the screen > blank, turn to white, and then repaint when you scroll a Webfaced > "subfile" is not something my end-users would expect. I'm sure with > custom controls, IBM could solve that issue, but the version I saw, > wasn't using customer controls. I'm not sure what you mean by this. If you mean the screen being repainted when a new HTML page is shown, that's pretty typical for any web application. We find the best way to avoid that issue is threefold: have a textured background, have a small but eye-pleasing logo banner consistently displayed on every page, and keep response time down to under a second. In those cases, nobody seems to mind the flash as the new page rolls down. How do you get around this issue with CGI? > So for regular file maintenance apps with a single panel/screen without > subfile use, yes you can put a browser interface on your DDS source. And > that's a great accomplishment for anyone to have pulled off!!! Why thank you <grin>. Our green screen emulation version looks like you did put a browser interface on your DDS - in fact, it looks like a 5250 applet, but without the applet overhead. The web application look and feel, on the other hand, is considerably nicer. Joe Pluta www.plutbrothers.com
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