On option is PSC/400. PSC/400 allows you to convert a program from 5250 to web access using a single OS/400 command. Your programmers don't need to learn any new languages or new tools; they don't even need a PC. If you change the program, simply re-run the command. <p>The converted program will run from a green screen command line, in a browser emulating a 5250, or in a browser with a completely web-enabled look and feel. <p>Joe Pluta <BR>
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Mel Rothman and Giovanni Perotti at IBM, have a product called CGIDEV2. It uses CGI instead of Java so programs written using it run from the browser only, not from a command line. <p>With this product, you use RPG and HTML. <p>We like it in our shop because it is free, and our heavily used 730 production box doesn't have to have an application server like Java does. Our 270s with webshpere commerce on them are more than twice the size of our 730 and we had performance problems with less than 5gb of memory. <p>There are people who don't like the style of CGIDEV2 programs, and that is their choice. Since it's free and works fine on a busy 730 with 70 cpw without bogging it down, it is worth checking out. <p><a href="http://www-922.ibm.com/en">http://www-922.ibm.com/en</a> <p><a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Easy400Group/">http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Easy400Group/</a>

WebSphere does not automatically slow down a machine. It requires a relatively small chunk of memory to be assigned to it to prevent swapping; this can typically be as small as 500MB. <p>If I am not mistaken, WebSphere Commerce makes use of EJBs, and that is the technology that typically slows a machine down. I have implemented several shops where we use WebSphere and we get subsecond response time without bogging down the machine. <p>Not only that, but if you choose to do so, you can offload the webserving part to another machine relatively easily. RPG-CGI is fine, but it means that you have to know everything there is to know about HTML and JavaScript and CSS, since you are generating all that code yourself inside your RPG programs. <p>Joe

This is just a partial list. You'll hear many more on this forum:<ul> <BR>
<li>Webulator <BR>
<li>Web Facing <BR>
<li>HATS <BR>
<li>Host Transform <BR>
<li>JWalk <BR>
<li>Iseries access for the web <BR>
<li>5250 Gateway <BR>
<li>many many more</ul> <p>Dave

Is there a product out there that can give customers web access to the AS/400 while using an RPG ILE skill set? Thanks.