ONLINE HELP IN 5250 APPLICATIONS

Last Updated on 24 September 2019 by Roberto De Pedrini Let’s be honest: for many years we have been talking about modernization of IBM i applications, but despite the efforts made by IBM and ISVs, most interactive applications running on IBM i still use the old ‘display file’ defined with DDS. The 5250 protocol has many advantages (it’s fast, robust, and reliable) but also the disadvantages of the physical limit of the area in which to display information. …