Any pc/mainframe client/server model would work for this. If it were me, I'd just use TCP/IP and have the mainframe side startup first and listen on a port. The PC debugger gui then connects to that IP/port and send the info back and forth with socket programming.
In article <502546aa.50...@colesoft.com> you wrote: > 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 > On 8/10/2012 12:31 PM, McKown, John wrote: > > I'm still in a bit of a quandry as to what you want to accomplish. Is this > > for an application which you are writing, or one which is already written > > by someone else. If you are writing it, why use 3270? Why not just use HTTP > > or some other IP protocol? > > > > Or why not just open multiple 3270 emulators? For your "GUIfied" 3270 with > > multiple tabs, do you mean that you logon to some application once, and it > > can somehow direct a 3270 data stream to a different 3270 "tab". The > > closest 3270 equivalent that I can think of is something that I know > > nothing about: 3270 hardware partitioning, which the 3290 had. I am not > > aware of any 3270 emulator which does 3290 partition emulation. What I am > > envisioning that you want is something like ISPF, which can have multiple > > windows each doing some application. But you would want each ISPF window in > > a separate 3270 tab; and each to be running their application concurrently > > (true multitasking), updating their individual 3270 window. > > > > I am also assuming that the application on the mainframe is yours, so that > > you could handle this. I'm having real problems thinging about the > > application. If I were writing it (and *had* to use 3270 protocol for some > > reason - why?), I would set it up to accept multiple 3270 connections and > > just run multiple 3270 emulators on the desktop. If it is a case of > > requiring a logon, then allow multiple logons. If necessary, the > > application could be written to have a "user controller" so that a single > > task could coordinate all the subtasks (one per 3270 connection) for a > > given user. > > > > I think more information is necessary because 3270 applications are not > > really designed to be "multi window" at the 3270 hardware level. > > > > -- > > John McKown > > Systems Engineer IV > > IT > > > > Administrative Services Group > > > > HealthMarkets(r) > > > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > > (817) 255-3225 phone * > > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * 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. 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The GUI screens can be in a > >> browser or a > >> stand alone application (for exampled, Eclipse). > >> > >> Any help would be appreciated, > >> Frank > >> > >> -- > >> Development Programmer > >> Cole Software LLC > >> www.colesoft.com > >> Phone : 540.456.6164 Fax : 540.456.6658 > >> Email : fr...@colesoft.com > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > -- > Development Programmer > Cole Software LLC > www.colesoft.com > Phone : 540.456.6164 Fax : 540.456.6658 > Email : fr...@colesoft.com -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive sas...@sas.com (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
