wIntegrate 

IBM wIntegrate is an advanced terminal emulation and application renovation tool for U2 and other Multi Value data servers. 

wIntegrate enhances applications using host-based routines and/or flexible client-side scripting.

• Dramatically reduces application development life cycles.
• Integrates legacy applications with popular desktop tools.
• Seamlessly updates application interfaces.
• Opens new markets through international standards compliance and display of European and multibyte languages including support for Simplified Chinese, Japanese (Kanji), Korean, and Thai

Features and Benefits

Features

• IBM wIntegrate enhances the user interface of your host-based character applications and integrates with popular Windows desktop tools.

• Easy to use, out-of-the-box terminal emulation and file transfer for host-based applications.

• Flexible deployment options — thin-client or local installation on Windows; run as a signed Java application or an applet in a Web browser.

• Resilient connections allow users to recover access to applications in the case of dropped connections.

• Configurable settings to improve application user interface.

• Advanced scripting capabilities for client-side control of user interface and integration with Windows via OLE, ActiveX and DDE.

• Host routines for server-side control of user interface and integration with Windows.

• Forms-based interface to Query Builder for creating and automating reports.

• Report Wizard converts server HOLD entries to popular file formats including PDF.

• Unicode and UTF-8 support for input and display of multi-byte characters.

• wIntegrate (local install) available in Simplified Chinese along with Using wIntegrate user manual.

• wIntegrate available for sale in China as of version 5.2.

• Monitor functionality, similar to the U2 TANDEM functionality, simplifies server administration for thin client deployments.

• Supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for encryption, end-to-end authentication and certificate management.

 Benefits

• Adds new impact to software applications.

• Protects software investments.

• Integrates applications with popular desktop tools.

• Reduces user training requirements.

• Connects applications to intranets and the Web.

• Takes advantage of ActiveX and OLE support.

• Deploys with ease.

• Thin client deployment reduces cost of ownership.

Tools and Components

Scripting

Scripting is the key to wIntegrate's flexibility-it is its core functionality and controls everything from displaying a simple character onscreen to running complex GUI applications. Scripts can be compiled for deployment on client PCs. Query Builder and Report Wizard are scripts for which source code is supplied to help users see how client-driven interfaces work.

Flexible and mature IBM wIntegrate scripting capabilities include:

• More than 550 commands and 400 methods and properties
• Familiar syntax for host BASIC programmers
• Expressions and variables
• Dynamic arrays with Locate, Insert and other commands
• Loops and conditional execution
• Built-in and user-defined functions
• Mouse input and file I/O on the PC and host
• Full support for OLE, ActiveX and Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
• Comprehensive support for dialog boxes
• Dialog Designer, which allows dialogs to be created using the mouse
• Linking of controls to host or PC data
• Use of ActiveX server components
• Ability to execute host subroutines and receive results back from the PC
• Standard Windows common controls
• Grid with more than 60 methods and properties
• Date/time control

Scripts can also be executed from the host. To help developers get started, IBM wIntegrate provides nearly 300 subroutines to accept parameters and generate scripts that are passed down to the PC for execution. These host subroutines and customized scripts can completely control the application. Windows benefits and GUI features can be added where appropriate, while the main interface is left unchanged. For example, the supplied subroutines may be used to control:

• Any IBM wIntegrate function
• Custom icon bars, menus and pop-up dialogs
• Scalable images, charts and graphs
• OLE automation to other applications
• Any MAPI-compliant e-mail application

wIntegrate Server

The wIntegrate Server supports central control and administration for the clients. Server-based processing introduces many benefits, such as client independence and central administration. The wIntegrate server can be administered from any authorised desktop, and a Monitor application allows sessions to be viewed and controlled by authorised users from any PC on the network.

Clients

IBM wIntegrate offers three deployment options

• Classic local installation where the application is installed entirely to the local PC
• Thin-client deployment as a Windows application, connected to the host through the wIntegrate server
• Thin-client deployment as a Java applet, connected to the host through the wIntegrate server

All deployment options allow Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encoding to be used for end-to-end security.

Thin-client deployment

The cost of buying a software license represents only a small part of the total cost of ownership (TCO) of an application. Increasingly, IT departments seek to reduce TCO by deploying applications centrally with thin-client operations in which a minimum of software and data resides on the user desktop. IBM wIntegrate reduces TCO by supporting thin-client deployment. A screen and keyboard interface on the desktop PC acts as a front-end to the wIntegrate server, which resides on a remote Windows server.

The thin client on the desktop PC can be either a Windows application, which is indistinguishable from the classic local installation, or a Java applet running inside a browser-for example, as part of the corporate intranet. Server-based processing introduces many benefits, such as client independence and central administration. The wIntegrate server can be administered from any authorised desktop, and a Monitor application allows sessions to be viewed and controlled by authorised users from any PC on the network.

Query Builder

For transferring data with ease, the graphical Query Builder is unparalleled. This powerful tool supports IBM U2 and similar multi-valued hosts and provides rich functionality, making it possible to:

• Display reports onscreen in the built-in GUI viewer or transfer data to and from PC applications
• Allow files, items, fields and destination PC application parameters to be selected dynamically with the mouse
• Enable automatic e-mailing of newly created reports
• Save and recall query parameters with optional run-time prompts for selection criteria
• Allow queries to be created and saved for reuse by non-technical users
• Use optional host-based security
• Use popular file formats, including Excel, HTML, XML and Word Mail Merge
• Enable auto-run destination application after import
• Bridge copy between different hosts

Report Wizard

The Report Wizard converts host-based reports from unwieldy printouts to PC files, allowing the user to:

• List available reports from a HOLD file
• Preview reports, including thumbnails
• Access quick views in the GUI Report Viewer
• Transfer data to Excel or HTML
• Parse automatic columns with manual adjustment and with embedded page headers/footers removed
• Save and restore templates with custom parsing

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