You can do at least part of this with 3270. The Nomad2 product does part of it, but it drives the 3270 itself basically using alternate screen stuff. Only one piece of the screen is allowed to input and the rest can have scrolling data in multiple pieces that are driven by the Nomad2 application.
However, that will not solve Frank's problem. I do not think that he wants to write the debugger product in Nomad. :-) Lloyd ----- Original Message ---- From: "McKown, John" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, August 10, 2012 1:46:40 PM Subject: Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens Well, I have a fair idea what you want. But I cannot conceive of a way to do it using the 3270 data stream. Personally, I'd go with having some way to invoke the debugger via HTTP, using a web browser. Then use AJAX to implement the "windowing" within the browser itself with a Java app or Javascript. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Chu > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens > > John, > > It's for an application that has already been written by us. > The app is > an assembler debugger and we want to add the ability/option of > displaying it's contents on the PC with something other than > in a 3270 > emulator. There's not a lot of real estate in a 3270 screen and > there are limitations on how we display things. This is > becoming more > of an issue as we move beyond just debugging HLASM programs. > > With regards to the multiple tabs/windows. The general idea > behind the > GUI on the PC would be that in a single debugging session, > you can have > a window open for displaying the code as you are stepping > through it. > Another window to display register contents, another one for > variables, > another one for displaying storage that your program will modify, > another window for HELP, etc. If you have used Eclipse or Visual > Studio, it's similar to something like that. > > > Frank ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
