5. Using aXes Terminal Server with LANSA Composer
aXes is a separately licensed LANSA product that Web enables 5250 applications by dynamically transforming the 5250 data stream into a graphical interface for display in a Web browser.
LANSA Composer provides a set of activities that are designed to permit a Processing Sequence to connect to and interact with an aXes Terminal Server to navigate, populate and interrogate IBM i 5250 screens. Using the aXes Terminal Server activities, a Processing Sequence can interact directly with existing IBM i 5250 applications running on the same or a different server system. The Processing Sequence can execute activities to perform such operations as:
- connect (and logon) and disconnect the 5250 session
- interrogate the values of current screen identifiers and field values
- set the values of 5250 screen entry fields
- send function keys such as ENTER and F3
- perform multiple operations with a single activity by using aXes terminal operation scripts.
The aXes terminal server activities are individually described in:
Terminal Server Activities.
This chapter provides an overview and considerations for using these activities.
Also see
5.1 What can I use the aXes Terminal Server Activities for?
5.2 Requirements for using The aXes Terminal Server Activities
5.3 When to use the aXes Terminal Server Activities
5.4 Things you should understand about the aXes Terminal Server Activities
5.5 Overview of aXes Terminal Server Activities