Last updated 07/01/04
Application servers
Mike Yawn played very briefly with the
BEA WebLogic Application Server. We'd love to have a more
detailed writeup using JDK 1.1.7 if anyone is interested in
test-driving the software.
Wanted: Report on using Novera application server on MPE/iX
Wanted: Report on using SilverStream server on MPE/iX
Development tools
Whisper Programmer Studio is
a PC-based development environment providing all the usual features --
color syntax highlighting, integrated edit/build/debug, etc -- with
the twist that it maintains a connection to the HP 3000 to allow your
compiles to be host-based while your editing is client-based. Works
for most HP 3000 languages, including Java.
Note that most PC-based IDEs can be used in conjunction with Samba/iX
to allow development of Java applications on the PC, with source and
object maintained on the 3000. For Java-only development, any of the
tools (Symantec Visual Cafe, IBM VisualAge, Inprise JBuilder, etc.) can
be used to develop for the 3000. Whisper Programmer Studio provides
the advantage that the same IDE can be used for development of non-Java
software on your 3000 as well.
Data access tools
The ADBC Developer's Kit
is a technology that allows efficient, direct TCP/IP, read/write access to
IMAGE/SQL and TurboIMAGE databases from ANY and all Java-enabled clients
(Mac, UNIX, Workstations, PCs, ...), without any need for SQL, ODBC, JDBC,
and related SQL-dependent middleware.
The MiniSoft JDBC
(Java Data Base Connectivity) driver lets any programmer
write applications in Java to access MPE flat files, KSAM files, Image, and
TurboIMAGE databases using standard SQL statements. It allows a developer
to deploy a one-, two-, or three-tier database-access solution, providing
the user with access to databases located on any HP system.
Web frontends and user interface tools
VPLUS+ converts
existing VPLUS forms and delivers the first open, Java Client, for existing
VPLUS applications. These Java Clients launch VPLUS applications on your
HP 3000, and communicate with the application via our VPLUS+ Java API. NO
programming changes are needed on the HP 3000.
MiniSoft's
Javelin
is a new class of connectivity tool that delivers legacy
host information to the desktop via the point-and-click interface of
Internet browsers such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet
Explorer. In just a 90K Java applet, Javelin provides precise emulation of
HP2392A and HP700/9X terminals allowing for quick and reliable connectivity
to HP, or Unix host applications.
The FrontMan Webpage
Server is an NT 3.51/4.x-based server that uses the FrontMan
system database as its source for web pages. That is, any screens developed
with FrontMan can also be used as web pages. This allows VPlus, Image
and/or ODBC FrontMan data entry/inquire screens to be available via the
world wide web.
If you need to add HTML commands or Java/VB scripts to your Web pages,
simply include the commands in your FrontMan scripts. There is no limit to
the HTML, Java/VB Script functionality that can be added to a FrontMan script.
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