Web Enabling Your HP 3000

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• Javelin from MiniSoft is a connectivity tool that delivers legacy host information to the
desktop via the point-and-click interface of Internet browsers.
• PERCobol from Synkronix (LegacyJ) is a COBOL compiler allowing programmers to
make use of existing skills and existing business logic to build features and functions
present in Java.
• Remote VPlus Client from Synkronix (LegacyJ) supports a variety different graphical
client. It intercepts native VPlus intrinsic allowing existing and graphical clients to work
together.
• StarMan from Bradmark, utilizing PC-GUI technology to replace terminal screens providing
users a faster, more intuitive interface. With StarMan, a point-and-click environment makes
MANMAN systems more user-friendly and improves productivity. In most cases, StarMan is
plug-and-play. Existing MANMAN terminal screens may still be used for workstations
without PCs.
• VPLUS+ from Advanced Network Systems converts existing VPLUS forms into JAVA Clients.
These Clients launch VPLUS applications on the HP e3000, and communicate with the appli-
cation via VPLUS+ Java API.
• RUMBA’s Web-to-Host products from Walldata allow deployment of host access to
hundreds of employees within minutes over an intranet. The product allows the ability to
securely extend valuable information to your over an extranet. You can confidently give your
customers the service and convenience they’ve been waiting for over the Internet.
CGI
CGI (Common Gateway Interface) an integral part of the Web server, is a standard protocol for
interfacing external programs with Web servers. When a browser makes a request to a CGI pro-
gram to be executed by the Web server, the output of that program is dynamically passed back
to the browser. CGI provides an easy way to put a graphical front end on legacy applications. A
CGI program can access files and databases on the server. Therefore, CGI is the most common
method to create the link between the Web server and the database.
The MPE/iX Web Server based on Apache provides a powerful way to web-enable your
HP e3000 applications. Since MPE/iX supports POSIX, it is quite easy to write CGI programs.
You can write a CGI program in different languages such as COBOL, C, PASCAL, JAVA, PERL
CGI
Program
Apache
Web
Server
Database
Web
Browser
Intranet/
Internet
Input
data
HTML
doc
HTML doc
Document
request + data
and shell scripts. Writing CGI programs for MPE is not
very different from writing them for Unix or any other
platform. The MPE/iX Web Server based on Apache
running on 6.0 is currently available for downloading on
JAZZ http://jazz.external.hp.com/ and the Web Server
running on 6.5 will be released soon.