Screen Enrichment

RAMP-TS

Screen Enrichment

You may want to change the appearance of the modernized 5250 screens in your application to make them look better and more Windows-like.

You can do simple things like hiding the screen title using RAMP layout dimensions (see Hide screen titles in individual RAMP Screens ), or you can freely redesign the screens using aXes eXtensions (see RAMP-TSAD04: Redesigning the Screen Using aXes ) using dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons, calendars, charts, hyperlinks, images and a full color palette.

There is also The HTMLAPI Scripting Object which can be used to enhance RAMP command handlers. It predates aXes eXtensions and using it requires solid JavaScript and HTML DOM skills.

When enriching screens, please bear in mind that the space on the command handler is limited and that creating another command handler tab for additional content is easy and fast and usually a better option than trying to squeeze images, google maps or such like onto already crowded 5250 screens.