Gweb: GCOS on the Web Fast, Inexpensive and Safe

Eye On The Information Solution 2000

Michael Sandøy

Access to Corporate Information Today

Mission critical data on your mainframe

Data entry and retrieval by trained staff ‘customers’ at the counter ‘customers’ on the phone requests by fax or mail

Using an old-fashioned terminal display and modern network access to GCOS with

Glink and Ggatevery good response timesvery efficient user interface for the experienced usernot for a new employee or the infrequent user

Maybe you have screens like this?

AUTOSYS administrates all Norwegian cars and driver’s licenses

What you want is ….

Customers and suppliers to take part in the data-entry / data-retrieval process

To modernize the user interface to your mainframe data

To protect your investment in reliable and responsive data storage

And …..

You want it NOW!

The Solution is Gweb

Web-enables your mainframe applications

No changes to your mainframe hardware or software

Nothing but a standard browser on the desktops

Installs on a UNIX or Windows NT / 2000 server

No programming of any kind required anywhere

…but you can do that too!

Automatic Facelift

Your own footer

Data entry fieldswith 3D effects

Mouse-activatedfunction keys

Your own logo

Your own wall paper

Gweb Standard Edition

Web server Netscape,

Microsoft, Apache, Gweb HTTP server

Gweb CGI

Facelifter(Host forms to/from HTML)

VIP7800/DKU/3270Emulator

G&R line handler

GCOS system

Web browserNetscapeMS-Internet Explorer

DSA

TNVIP

IBM system

TN3270

DSA

SNA

Ggate

DSA

MainWay

TN3270 gateway

Browser Meets GwebConnection initiated from Web page

Gweb Start-Up

GCOS system

Web browser

DSA

Facelifter(Host forms to/from HTML)

VIP7800 Emulator

Web server Netscape,

Microsoft, Apache, Gweb HTTP server

G&R DSA line handler

Gweb CGI

First screenfrom host

Then the browser is disconnected

Host sessionkept up

Browser connects to the server

Gets the first screen

The Next Transactions

GCOS system

Web browser

DSA

Facelifter(Host forms to/from HTML)

VIP7800 Emulator

Web server Netscape,

Microsoft, Apache, Gweb HTTP server

G&R DSA line handler

Gweb CGI

Next screenfrom host

The browser disconnects

Host sessionkept up

Browser connects to the server

Gets the next screen

Auto-Facelift at UW-River FallsStudent Online Access to Records (SOAR)

Gweb Security

The Web Server allows you to protect access to web pages

A Secure Web Server Security certificate shows identity of site encrypts/decrypts data to/from browser

Gweb creates a random 8-character password

which is unique to this session screens include hidden fields

Session IDPasswordSequence number

Gweb Standard EditionSummary

Legacy applications instantly on the web

No manual facelifting work necessary

Nothing to install on the client side

Central configuration and administration

Optionally private, encrypted connection

Appropriate for simple applications

Web-friendly forms can be added to existing host applications using host programmingtools and host programmers!

Gweb'sdefaultfacelifter

Gweb CGI

Customdesignedfacelifter

G&R line handler

Web browser

index.cfg

Gweb Professional Edition

Perl Scripts

Web server Netscape,

Microsoft, Apache, Gweb HTTP server

The Facelift Process

1) As you step thru the host forms, they are captured on disk

2) Using the captured data, identify unique forms

index.cfg

4) Using your favorite HTML editor, modify Gweb HTML, or create your own. All fixed/variable data from the host screen is available. Macros can skip display of specific screens.

3) A facelifting configuration file is created or updatedgwebedit.exe

Write HTML to Replace the Default Form

The original screen contents, including input fields, are available for use

Buttons, optionally with your own text, for emulation function keys or macros

Automatic Reply

patterns:ident IDNT1 <@1,24

ident:Macro @0@Tmike@Tmypasswd@E

Pattern match

<Home><Tab>mike<Tab>mypasswd<Transmit>

Script program

External Scripts

The script analyzes the host screens communicates further with the host system remembers data between host transactions in the end it formats a HTML screen for

display in the browser

patterns:result Search Results: @2,2

result:Script perl result.pl

Gweb 3270 to SIRIS

Gweb 3270 Pro - with Perl

Gweb as Web8 & TDS-Web Gateway

Automatic detection of ‘Web8’ format

Dynamic switching between ‘Web8’ and ‘Terminal’ format

Web8 URLs bypass the emulation engine

Web8 HTML is delivered direct to the browser

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Web8

Web8 & TDS-Web gateway

Web browser

Auto-facelifter

Web8 / TDS-Web Dispatcher

Customdesignedfacelifter

G&R line handler

Web server

Gweb HTTP Server

VIP7800/DKU/3270 Emulator

GCOS system

Gweb Pro at

Initiate Gweb Log on to GCOS

Gweb Pro at OEPM

Original screen Gweb screen

Gweb Pro at OEPM

Original screen Gweb screen

Gweb Pro at OEPM

Original screen Gweb screen

Gweb Pro at City of Pittsburgh

Original screen

Gweb screen

Gweb Pro atCity of Pittsburgh

Original screen

Gweb screen

Gweb Pro atCity of Pittsburgh

Original screen

Gweb screen

Gweb Professional EditionSummary

With Gweb Professional Edition you can...

Completely revamp all or selected host formsmix new text with text from host formsuse any mix of fancy fonts and colorsuse images as illustrations and activatorsuse drop down lists, radio buttons, hyperlinks or any other HTML technique

Automate dialog steps

Combine data from multiple host forms

…without extensive training of programmers

Legacy applications instantly on the Web

No manual facelifting work necessary

Nothing to install on the client side

Central configuration and administration

Optionally private, encrypted connection

Appropriate for simple applications

Web-friendly forms can be added to existing host applications using host programmingtools and host programmers!

Inexpensive & Scalable

In-house tests on small Intel (Pentium III, 256MB RAM) with Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Linux 500 simultaneous DSA sessions 20% CPU usage Extremely good turn-around times (40ms) Facelifting introduced no measurable overhead

More sessions requires only more memory

But Gweb is also supported on more powerful server platforms like AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, OSF-1

Gweb Customers

Thank you for listening….

….. and welcome to our booth for a demo!