Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-13 Thread Timothy Sipples
Frank Chu writes: 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 The general idea behind the GUI on the PC would be that in a single debugging session, you can have a window open for

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-13 Thread David Cole
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Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-13 Thread Ward, Mike S
] On Behalf Of Frank Chu Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 12:37 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU 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

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-13 Thread Kirk Wolf
If I understand the scenario, the OP has a 3270-based debugger product and wants to redeploy it as an Eclipse-based UI. You may want to consider implementing a command-line or packet based command interface to the product. Then, it would be simple from your Eclipse plugin to start and converse

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-13 Thread Scott Ford
I looked at Host OnDemand and looked scalable also, with macros and Apis. I used it at a customer site and liked it Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Aug 13, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Kirk Wolf k...@dovetail.com wrote: If I understand the scenario, the OP has a 3270-based debugger product and wants

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-13 Thread David Cole
At 8/13/2012 09:33 AM, Ward, Mike S wrote: 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. Uh yeah... There already is. It's called z/XDC. You can

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-11 Thread Don Poitras
] On Behalf Of Frank Chu Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 10:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: GUIfication of tn3270 screens Hello All, I'm researching options in extending 3270 screens into a GUI on the PC. I'm know that 3270 screen scrapers are available but that's

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-10 Thread McKown, John
and Health Insurance Company.SM -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Frank Chu Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 10:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: GUIfication of tn3270 screens Hello All, I'm researching

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-10 Thread Al Dunsmuir
Hello All, I'm researching options in extending 3270 screens into a GUI on the PC. I'm know that 3270 screen scrapers are available but that's not exactly what we want. We would like to be able to have say 1 PC session with multiple windows/tabs opened, each showing something different

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-10 Thread Frank Chu
Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Frank Chu Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 10:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: GUIfication of tn3270

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-10 Thread Steve Comstock
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: GUIfication of tn3270 screens Hello All, I'm researching options in extending 3270 screens into a GUI on the PC. I'm know that 3270 screen scrapers are available but that's not exactly what we want. We would like to be able to have say 1 PC session with multiple windows/tabs

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-10 Thread Frank Chu
: 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

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-10 Thread Lloyd Fuller
: 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

Re: GUIfication of tn3270 screens

2012-08-10 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:36:42 -0400, Frank Chu wrote: 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