Re: How do I create a web page that....

["Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm teaching a class on AJAX and RPG at RPG World in May. You may find something
you can use in that class, if you're attending 
In general, you send the first item and qty to the server/cgi rpg program and
get XML back from it. Then, using JavaScript, you write to a <DIV> or <SPAN> to
insert a new line of text--probably with the item, qty, description, and price.
Then you position the cursor into the entry box.
You can use the OnBlur() function or add an "Enter" button to the input form,
which ever you prefer. 
I just finished some AJAX consulting with a software house that does hospital
software for the AS/400 and we were able to create a "Google Suggests"-like
interface by GUI-izing their old green screen apps with a web browser interface
using AJAX, RPG IV and my CGILIB (in xTools). 
Ajax is just a collection of related technologies, not a product, so you can do
the interface without CGILIB or CGIDEV2.

-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGWorld.com


-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Wilt, Charles
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:03 AM
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [WEB400] How do I create a web page that....

I'd like to create a web page that allows a user to key in an item
number and a quantity.  When they hit submit, I'd like to clear the
input boxes to allow the next item to entered and output the just
entered item underneath the input boxes.

In other words, the bottom of the web page will be a history of the
items entered on the web page during the current session.

The question is what's the easiest/best way to save and output the
history?

I can use CGIDEV2, Net.Data or Websphere but I'm new to all of it and
not sure which environment to choose or how to accomplish outputting the
history.

I could of course save the history someplace in the database, but then
I'd have to deal with figuring out when/how to delete the records and
determining current session vs. new session.

Thanks for the ideas,

Charles Wilt
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iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121