AS/400e Advanced Technology 45
AS/400e Advanced Technology
automatic link management, remote database access, and design and publishing
capabilities.
– NetObjects BeanBuilder: The visual authoring tool for combining JavaBeans and
Java applets, BeanBuilder allows individuals overseeing the content of online
business processes to create more compelling, highly interactive Web sites with
revolutionary ease-of-use.
– NetObjects ScriptBuilder: Combines a text-based script editor and development
tools for creating and editing HTML, script, and JavaServer Pages.
• The IBM WebSphere Site Analysis provides Web site administration and analysis tools
that can be used to administer and monitor usage of a Web site. It is a client-only
product that runs on a Windows NT box. AS/400e statistics are downloaded to the
Windows NT system. Nothing runs on the AS/400e. The tools included in this package
are:
– An administration Site Visualizer
– A report Generator
– A report Builder
– A section/Template Builder
– A content Analyzer, which scans a Web site and identifies duplicates and orphans,
unavailable resources, content with excessive load sizes, and so on
– A usage Analyzer, which looks for hits, requests, visits, paths, referral, agents, etc.,
from the log records
IBM Net.Data allows the creation of interactive Web applications with “macros” to add logic,
variables, program calls, and report writing to HTML. These macros combine the simplicity of
HTML with the dynamic functionality of CGI programs, which makes it easy to add live data to
static Web pages. Live data includes information stored in DB2 for AS/400e (locally or
remotely), databases on other systems, REXX programs, C and C++ programs, programs in
other AS/400e languages (such as CL, RPG, and COBOL), and other sources.
IBM Net.Data is enhanced with V4R4 to only parse macros once and save the results for
subsequent requests for that macro. Programming for Net.Data is made easier with new trace
and logging support that makes it easy to find an error in your macro. New built-in functions
make it a snap to use Net.Data to send e-mail, generate browser cookies, and manipulate
Net.Data tables.
The Web serving capabilities of the AS/400e have also been extended with a powerful,
full-text search engine through the implementation of NetQuestion in OS/400 V4R3.
NetQuestion provides the tools to build a centralized Internet search service. NetQuestion
can index both plain text and text with HTMP markup. It also provides CGI scripts and HTML
forms for searching and administration.