Enhancing the HP e3000 User Interface

Minisoft User Interface Products—Javelin and Web Dimension
Javelin delivers legacy host information to the desktop via the point-and-click interface of
Internet browsers. 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 from PC, Macintosh, Linux and UNIX workstations.
Web Dimension is an application server and a collection of Java components for designing and
deploying web and client/server applications on the HP e3000 and other platforms. The main
components of Web Dimension are: a platform independent application server that can be use
with or without a web server; Java components for building applications and user interfaces;
and a platform independent user interface (UI) viewer that runs applications from the
application server.
For legacy applications Web Dimension accesses and controls existing HP e3000 legacy
transparently through built-in 700/92 emulation. The legacy application requires no changes to
be used by the Web Dimension legacy application access component. Information from the
legacy application’s user interface can be used in new Web Dimension user interface pages.
There are a number of pre-built Web Dimension applications included that will run typical
HP e3000 legacy applications as-is.
A database access and custom object access component allows Web Dimension application to
access databases through the JDBC API. Using this component will allow access to many
popular databases, such as TurboIMAGE, Oracle, SQL Server, Informix, Sybase, and DB2. These
databases can be accessed on a variety of platforms. Custom object component can be written
in any language.
Combinations of any of these components can be used in the same Web Dimension application.
Web Dimension applications can very powerfully combine legacy applications, data, and objects
from a wide variety of computers. All the components are standard Java Beans, so they can be
accessed and configured with visual development environments such as Visual Café and
JBuilder.
This is an example of a new graphical user interface created for an existing HP e3000 legacy
application. There are many deployment options, however in this case, the user interface is
delivered from a web server, (or the HP e3000).
For more information
contact:
Mike Sweeney
Minisoft
811 West Second Ave.
Suite #205
Spokane, WA 99201
800-781-6464
509-747-4678
509-747-5003 fax
[e-mail]
www.minisoft.com
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Web
Dimension
Application
Server
Web
Dimension
Application
UI Viewer
as Applet
User
Interface
Pages
Web Server
HP e3000
Legacy
Application
HP e3000
Web Browser
These components
could also reside on
an HP e3000 when
the HP e3000 is NOT
a web server.