IBM WebFacing tool : converting 5250 applications to browser-based GUIs / Aleksandr Nartovich et al.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nartovich, Aleksandr.

Contributor:

Henkel, Dean.

O'Shannessy, Steve.

Owen, Barry, 1952-

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

Redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graphical user interfaces (Computer systems).

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Jose, CA : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

Become a published author

Comments welcome

Chapter 1. Application conversion overview

1.1 Converting a 5250 application to a browser-based application

1.1.1 Starting a project

1.1.2 Modifying project properties

1.1.3 iSeries environment initialization

1.1.4 Testing your application inside Development Studio Client

1.1.5 Creating your own styles

1.1.6 The user ID and password under which the application runs

1.1.7 Adding a new source to an existing project

1.1.8 Exporting a WebFacing project

1.1.9 Integrated file system (IFS) mapping

1.1.10 Deploying a Web application with WebSphere Administrative Console

1.1.11 Launching the converted application in a browser

1.2 Security considerations

1.3 Hints and tips for working with the IBM WebFacing Tool environment API

1.4 Migrating between different IBM WebFacing Tool versions

Chapter 2. Customizing a Web interface using CODE Designer

2.1 Details of the application

2.2 Web settings

2.3 Converting and modifying the application

2.3.1 Modifying the command keys

2.3.2 Modifying a field

2.4 Using JavaScript

2.4.1 Adding JavaScript to an application

2.4.2 Accessing the button functions

Chapter 3. Working with JavaServer Pages (JSPs)

3.1 Using JavaServer Pages: An overview

3.1.1 Simple JSP pages

3.1.2 JSP components

3.1.3 Using custom tags

3.2 WebFaced application JavaServer Pages

3.2.1 PageBuilder.jsp

3.2.2 National language support (DBCS)

3.2.3 Custom application JavaServer Pages

Chapter 4. Presenting with style: Cascading style sheets (CSS)

4.1 Changing the style of the browser display

4.1.1 Linking

4.1.2 Embedding

4.1.3 Importing

4.1.4 Inlining

4.2 Cascading style sheet customization.

4.3 Editing a cascading style sheet

4.4 Creating a new cascading style sheet

4.5 Importing a cascading style sheet into an existing style sheet

4.6 Linking to an existing JSP or HTML file

4.7 Cancelling links to an existing style sheet file

Chapter 5. Performance considerations

5.1 Creating the project and converting the display files

5.1.1 Creating a project with a single display file

5.1.2 Creating a project with multiple display files

5.1.3 Workbench settings

5.1.4 Considerations for creating a project

5.1.5 Exporting the project

5.2 Runtime jobs

5.2.1 QQFWFSVR: WebFacing server

5.2.2 QQFVTSVR: Virtual terminal server

5.2.3 QQFINVOKER: Interactive job

5.3 Deployment environment configuration

5.4 Performance considerations

5.4.1 Hardware prerequisites for HTTP Server and WebSphere Application Server

5.4.2 Basic WebSphere Application Server tuning

5.4.3 Optimizing the performance of WebFaced applications

5.4.4 LAN connection speed

5.4.5 PC client

5.5 Timings

Chapter 6. Troubleshooting

6.1 Workbench errors

6.1.1 Error in conversion after CODE Designer changes

6.1.2 Converting a DDS takes a long time

6.1.3 Logon page does not appear

6.1.4 DSU0003 error on conversion

6.2 Runtime errors

6.2.1 UTF-8 encoding on WebSphere Application Server

6.2.2 Application does not start from the hyperlink page

6.2.3 iSeries application error

6.2.4 DDS changed after conversion

6.2.5 WebFacing server not started

6.2.6 Page cannot be displayed

6.2.7 Page cannot be found

6.2.8 Web page timed out

6.3 Miscellaneous

6.3.1 Jobs left running on the iSeries server

6.3.2 System commands

Appendix A. Deploying the WebFaced application to Apache Tomcat

HTTP Server: ASF Jakarta Tomcat

WebSphere Application Server.

Tomcat versus WebSphere Application Server

Features of ASF Jakarta Tomcat

Features not found in ASF Jakarta Tomcat

ASF Jakarta Tomcat on the iSeries

Exporting your WebFaced application to Apache Tomcat

Enabling the ASF Tomcat servlet engine

Appendix B. Additional material

Locating the Web material

Using the Web material

System requirements for downloading the Web material

How to use the Web material

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Referenced Web sites

How to get IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks collections

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"March 2003".

"SG24-6681-00."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

614891486