Synon/CA 2E

February 26, 2013

Synon 2E has a feature that has been around since version 8.5 that can become very handy in reducing work and implementing standards.  This feature can become a real time saver for your company.  I personally like this feature because there are standard ways I like to create my functions.  Now, I can have most

October 16, 2012

CM First would like to invite all interested parties to the following event: Join experts Aaron Bartell, Alan Seiden, Dennis Schmidt, Paul Tuohy, and Scott Salisbury for a free, all-inclusive, one-day conference.. This event will cover everything you need to know when developing for mobile or web apps from JavaScript to RPG to HTML 5

April 7, 2012

The basic steps to transform your 2E 5250 screens into a web application are very straight forward. 1. Install and configure the Web Option server. 2. Create a Web Option environment from your 2E model. 3. Identify the screens that will be needed for the application. 4. Generate the HTML Skeletons for the identified screens.

March 30, 2012

What are the 5 relation types and describe each one? •The ‘Known by’ relation defines a primary key field or identifying key field.  You can have as many of these identifying keys defined as required for a unique record key. •A ‘Qualified by’ relation is another identifying key field.  These are used

March 23, 2012

In the old days of 2E prior to 8.1, 2E fields longer than the screen width could be a bit of a problem. In order to get them to work you had to use function fields on the screen and pass the values from the function fields back and forth between the actual field and

March 13, 2012

Sometimes it helps to see a diagram of a process.  I have created a basic flow of how Web Option processes the 2E screen as an HTML page.  This will help in understanding how the different parts of Web Option fit together in the Web Option web application.