Re: HTML and PDF Reports

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The chat screen in the  RSDC scheduler is a persistent view.
> Comments are stored in the  database.  Anybody can log in
> and see all the past messages, as well as  stay logged in and
> watch realtime messaging.

True, but I'm introducing the idea of starting with a screen design 
using HTML, pulling in light-weight JavaScript libraries which you might 
use across many of your applications, then adding a little bit of "glue 
script" to make an interactive prototype.  When that's done, implement 
calls to the server.

> That's sort of my point.  This is a real applications, with real
> business logic.  Sure, you can make something that looks like
> a chat  screen, but can you actually add the business logic that
> makes it work?

Of course.  But that's the final step.

> And now you're writing JavaScript as well as RPG; as the amount
> of  JavaScript grows, then at some point you're not really doing
> RPG-CGI, are you?

I don't advocate writing a lot of JavaScript.  But I do advocate using 
JavaScript libraries when an application calls for it.

Nathan.