Wouldn't something need to be programmed on the operating system side to actually do the step tracing and debugging? The 3270 window is just that, a window. It can't do the debugging itself.
-----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 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 * > [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. 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