iSeries Access for Web V5R2 and WebSphere Host Publisher V4.0

8 iSeries Access for Web V5R2 and WebSphere Host Publisher V4.0

Host On-Demand features include:

 Secure access to host applications and data from a Java-enabled Web browser

 Access to iSeries emulation in a single package

 Centralized deployment and administration

 Access to multiple hosts concurrently and still use your browser to surf the Internet

 Secure access across the Internet with SSL-based technology

 Installation on a server, simplifying maintenance, distribution, and upgrades

 Requires no middle-tier server, simplifying deployment and improving scalability

Screen Customizer

Screen Customizer has two components:

 Development tool

 Runtime environment

The application development tool enables capturing host screens and customizing the

graphical look and feel. The runtime applet allows graphical rendering in conjunction with

Personal Communications (including the Client Access version) and Host On-Demand

emulation sessions. Optionally, the server version (product 5648-D76) may be installed and

have the graphical conversion take place on the iSeries server rather than the workstation.

Screen Customizer can be used to redesign the look and feel of the application by combining

several screens into one, or by simplifying complex screens into parts. Screen Customizer

does not have a batch mode-oriented means of converting large amounts of host screens that

other tools have.

1.7.2 WebSphere Development Studio

WebSphere Development Studio is an application development package that includes the

WebFacing Tool and other components.

WebFacing Tool

The WebFacing Tool is a component of IBM WebSphere Development Tools for iSeries. It can

help convert 5250-based applications into a Web browser and HTTP-based applications.

The WebFacing Tool requires the display file source to be imported into the toolkit and the

creation of the required runtime components. You can select the look and feel from prebuilt

templates or build your own.

The WebFacing environment has been optimized to support existing 5250 applications in a

display terminal or Web browser interface. For Web users, there is no overhead of generating

a 5250 data stream, intercepting it, and then determining how it should be rendered. This

conversion is done during the development phase. Source applications do not need to be

modified. However, not all display file key words are supported.

1.7.3 iSeries Access Family

The iSeries Access Family is a product designed for customers accessing iSeries servers.

The focus of iSeries Access Family is to bring all the power of the iSeries server to the

end-user desktop and to tightly integrate its software into the desktop environment it is

running on.