Depends on your "local system". If it's a winterm or xterm, where's the hard disk for you to "have locally installed GUI apps"?
What you've just defined is a "fat" client, not a "thin" one. By definition, a thin client *doesn't* *have* a disk attached to the local workstation... Cheers, Wol -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Bartlett Sent: 22 April 2004 09:46 To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' Subject: RE: GUI as nice as character-based Schalk, you don't have to send the screen layout up and down the lines - have locally installed GUI apps, pointing to remote site data. When the program loads up, it gets all it's programming power from the local workstation, and data transfer is at a minimum. I know this is a nirvana, and a real drag to implement on legacy systems, but it can be done. One solution I saw was to have every possible screen display / prompt string stored in files (this app was a library system, and different language interfaces were stored). These storage files were stored locally on LAN drives, with the data stored at one central place. It worked a bomb. **************************************************************************** This transmission is intended for the named recipient only. It may contain private and confidential information. If this has come to you in error you must not act on anything disclosed in it, nor must you copy it, modify it, disseminate it in any way, or show it to anyone. Please e-mail the sender to inform us of the transmission error or telephone ECA International immediately and delete the e-mail from your information system. Telephone numbers for ECA International offices are: Sydney +61 (0)2 9911 7799, Hong Kong + 852 2121 2388, London +44 (0)20 7351 5000 and New York +1 212 582 2333. **************************************************************************** -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
