| Title: | DECforms |
| Notice: | This is not an official software support channel. Kit info: 4.L |
| Moderator: | DSSDEV::FORMS |
| Created: | Thu Mar 23 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4004 |
| Total number of notes: | 16520 |
oh my god!
a prospect wants to connect many 3270 terminals over a SNA network to
existing applications running on an existing Digital Unix system.
the prospect is willing to modify his forms.
given that: (please correct any mistakes)
1) there is no 3270 forms facility on Unix (even w/3270 App services)
2) there is no SNA printer support in Unix (even w/3270 App services)
3) but 1 & 2 are available with Decforms 1.4 and 3270 App services
together and the domain Gateway on Alpha VMS.
how about installing:
- a VMS/AXP system with Decforms 1.4 and 3270 App services
- a domain gateway
and:
- develop the decforms/3270 forms on the VMS system
- use the AXP/Vms as a forms front-end to the applications running
on Digital Unix
and let the Unix application logic exchange (socket) data with the
forms-machine when needed
(is there a better way to run Forms for a Unix app on a VMS machine?)
like this:
+-----------+
| VMS/axp |
+----------+ | Decfrm 1.4|
| Unix/axp | | 3270 svcs |
| applicat | | |
+----------+ +-----------+
| |
-------------------------------------------------
|
+---------+
|Domain |
|Gateway |
+---------+
|
+------+
| IBM |------3270s and printers
+------+
am i crazy?
could it work?
an alternative would be to use the MEP/VT to access existing VT forms
on the unix system, but it lacks printer support and accessing VT forms
from 3270s is not the best way to work.
thank you in advance for your feedback!
Bruno
x-posted into the decforms and Snagwy conferences
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3991.1 | DSSDEV::DINTINO | Thu Apr 10 1997 14:28 | 13 | ||
Bruno, I'm not sure about all you described, but I am sure of a few things. One is that there is no DECforms available on Unix, so in your description ALL the forms processing must be done on VMS. That is, the forms themselves must be developed and run from there, and all the DECforms calls to interact with the forms must be done on the VMS side. Data is transferred between the forms and the VMS app by a block-mode record structure when using the 3270 mode. So, I guess if your VMS app can get this data somehow to the UNIX app I suppose it may work, but it's really ugly. Domenic | |||||
| 3991.2 | thanx | ROM01::OLD_CIPOLLA | Bruno Cipolla | Mon Apr 14 1997 05:30 | 8 |
re: .-1
yes, it's ugly...
but, as there is no product on Unix....
it would be very nice to have decforms/3270 and printer symbiont
on Dunix... (without needing CICS...)
Bruno
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