Re: Integrated Web Services server

["Evan Harris" <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mike

Sounds like you're looking for something like "Expect" so that you can work
the screen data programmatically.

Would Albert York's TNAPI be any use in this situation at all ?

Regards
Evan Harris

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mike Eovino
Sent: Sunday, 29 June 2008 8:36 p.m.
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Integrated Web Services server

Scott,

Your understanding of my question is correct.  And yes, in a perfect
world, we would be given ample time to rearchitect our ancient 5250
applications, separating the business logic from the presentation
layer, rewriting that business logic into ILE procedures, etc.  In
real life, we have to beg and plead for that time (knowing that the
fate of the i in our shop depends upon it), and it is rarely given to
us.

We have spent months rewriting some of our more complex green-screen
apps to make the business logic layer reusable.  The time it takes
does not reflect favorably upon us.  It's not our fault that the 5250
apps were written in the manner they were (many were written before
any of us even started working -- anywhere :) -- but we're the ones
that are forced to deal with them.  If there were a good solution for
our problem, we could get applications up and running quickly, then
rearchitect the entire mess on the back end in our own time and at our
own pace.  Not a great solution by any stretch, but one that would
greatly improve the situation we are in.

Thanks.
Mike E.