Matt, [ad] We have a complete solution that does not require you to build any Web tools yourself. Our solution runs under open source Apache Tomcat and uses UniObjects for Java (UOJ) to talk to the Universe or Unidata. Jabsorb.org, json-rpc.org, log4j, Quartz and numerous Java libraries to handle the AJAX transport between Universe and the Web are other open source we use. You can use any browser such as IE, Firefox, Safari, or Chrome.
U2WebLink, our middleware, has replication technology which is very import for our Web clients. U2WebLink can handle replication between a Publisher and multiple Subscribers whether one is Universe and the other is Unidata. This replication does not require you to change or configure you database any differently. You just have to wrapper your writes and deletes with a call to our subroutine that you want replicated. Our subroutines have this capability already built-in. Scalability is not an issue. We have sites doing between 100 transactions to 15,000 per hour. We do not require you to use IBM connection pooling since we handle this through UOJ and our connection manager. Our open source logger can create a lot of detail login information which is not the case with standard UOJ. We have a built in subroutines to do the equivalent of "CRT Statements" to a log programmer by programmer. This is very helpful in debugging basic subroutines for the Web. Our Eclipse based tool called XLr8Developer that allows you to build your web forms. We have XLr8Object Editor that allows you to build the objects to talk with the web. We allow, through our JavaScript API, to call any UniBasic subroutine that you already have on your system. These all work with version control systems such as CVS, Subversion, Preforce or Git. We have spoken at length with PRC and can interface with their version control system as well. Probably the hardest feature to quantify is that we expect you to custom many things we produce such as HTML or JavaScript. So, we have many ways that allows you the create the forms that more match your business without a lot of fuss. We have hooks to call any routine through out the JavaScript that you may need to do something we have not thought of. We have over 700 forms running applications that we own such at Customer Resource Management, Distribution, Accounting, Warehousing, Moving and Storage, Food Service Dispatch, Broker Dispatch, Alpaca Herd Management, Payroll and Document Management all written with these tools. We are currently writing a interface to an open source report writer that should be available next quarter. [/ad] Regards, Doug -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Day Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:07 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] Universe web connectivity Hi, We currently have a system with a VB6 front end and use Universe for the database and business logic. We are looking to develop a web solution for our product. What are people using to inteface universe with the web, and what are your experiences ( both good and bad ) with the route you have chosen. Thanks, Matt _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
