Modernizing RPG Apps with Profound Logic

MODERNIZING RPG
APPLICATIONS WITH
PROFOUND LOGIC

ABOUT PROFOUND LOGIC

 In business since 1999
 Specialize in modernization tools and services for
IBM i
 Over 1,000 customers
 First Modernization handler provider for Rational
Open Access for RPG (RPG Open Access)

Copyright © 1999-2011. All Rights Reserved.

MODERN RPG APPLICATIONS FOR TODAY’S
WORKFORCE

 Who relies on IBM i?
– Hotels
– Banks
– Hospitals
– Casinos and gaming
– And Many More!

 Thousands of companies
run on i for its stability and
reliability
However…

WORKFORCE

RPG applications running
in 5250 terminals are
notoriously outdated!
 Not intuitive for today’s
workforce
 Slow adoption with
new employees
 Not connected,
Web-enabled or mobile

But this is about to change!


WORKFORCE

IBM i customers now have a CHOICE in how they view
and interact with their applications.
Then Now

Static, character-based Dynamic, graphics-based
5250 green screen applications Web browser applications


DYNAMIC RPG APPLICATIONS FOR TODAY’S
WORKFORCE

And that’s where we come in.


PROFOUND LOGIC:
RPG MODERNIZATION MADE EASY!

Profound Logic offers solutions to make RPG
applications modern, connected, mobile and extensible:

Full-featured graphical Easy, on-the-fly option
user interface platform for web-enabling
based on IBM's RPG and enhancing 5250
Open Access green-screens


PROFOUND UI BENEFITS

 100% IBM i Host-based Tool
 Drag and drop, size, inline edit,
configure properties
 No HTML/CSS/JavaScript Coding
needed


PROFOUND UI VERSION 4 IS HERE!

Version 4 Includes:

 Support for PHP
 New functionality with iPad
HD
 HTML 5 widgets
 New application preview
feature


PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Profound UI Modules and Features

 Visual Designer
 Refacing Tool (Genie)
 Menu Framework (Atrium)
 Handler
 DDS Conversion
 RPG Preprocessor


PROFOUND UI VISUAL DESIGNER


RICH UI COMPONENTS
More than 125 cross-browser widgets

 Grids
 Dialogs
 Charts
 Tab Panels
 Menus
 Date Pickers
 Combo Boxes
 Spinners
 More…


FIELD BINDING


DATABASE BINDING


GENIE: FAST, EASY APPLICATION
REFACING

 On-the-fly modernization
tool
– No need to convert source
code.
 Rich internet application
platform
– Charts, Tab Panels,
AutoComplete text fields
and more.
 100% browser-based
– Genie produces standard
HTML.


ATRIUM: ENTERPRISE WEB FRAMEWORK
FOR IBM I

 Intuitive Web navigation

 Eliminates clumsy
green-screen menus

 Effortlessly and securely
launch programs from
an integrated menu
system


PROFOUND UI HANDLER

Profound UI offers the first available handler for RPG
Open access – the native, cost-effective way to
modernize!

Handler


DDS CONVERSION

 Convert existing DDS to
rich format.
 Platform architected in a
way that makes
conversion accurate
 RPG programs remain
identical (simply
recompiled)
 All 5250 ties are
eliminated


RICH DISPLAY FILES

HTML Coding Web 1.0

Rich UI Libraries and
Platforms


RICH DISPLAY FILES

 Designer creates rich
display files, with actual
DDS source code
 DDS contains multiple
record formats, field
definitions, and
metadata
 Compiled using the
standard CRTDSPF
Command


PROFOUND UI BACKEND
Supports all traditional RPG features

 Statefulness  Locales
 Call Stacks  Overlays
 Level Checks  Message Files
 Information Error Handling  LDAs
 INFDS  And more…
 Anonymous Sessions
 User Sign-in Sessions
 Subfile Processing
 Message Subfiles


NATIVE AND EXTENSIBLE

 Widget platform built
from the ground up for
the IBM i / RPG
paradigm.
 Each widget configurable
with 100’s of properties
 Platform is extensible –
other ISV’s / developers
can build their own
widgets


MORE PROFOUND UI BENEFITS

Easy to Learn and Use Works with all browsers
 Point and click UI & Mobile Devices
 No Web development  Native front-end
experts needed  Web standards
 No dependences
Native Platform
 No proprietary APIs and Error Handling
languages  Built in validation
 Use your existing IBM i mechanisms
resources  Level checking


EVEN MORE PROFOUND UI BENEFITS!

Strong, Extensible Optimized Performance
Framework  AJAX-based (No Page Reloads)
 Lots of components and widgets  No HTML (JSON-based)
 Customizable  Virtual rendering
 Ability to move beyond the
Platform True, Browser-based Output
 No end-user installation, no
Integration with Business Java applets / ActiveX
 Compatible with development  Based on standard HTML,
processes CSS, JavaScript
 Example: IDE and Change  All popular browsers
Management supported


WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY…

“Profound Logic has the best customer
service of any company I have ever done
business with…It’s like having a very
knowledgeable mentor looking over your
shoulder when you need it. We are very
satisfied and would highly recommend
Profound Logic.”
Don Wiggins, Assistant Vice President
McGriff, Seibels & Williams


WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY…

“With cutting-edge tools like Profound
UI that support RPG Open Access,
there’s literally no limit to our growth
or acquisition of new technologies
while using our existing IBM I systems.
Working with Profound Logic is a
no-brainer.”
Justin Porter, Technology Director
Westside Produce


WHAT THE NEWSMAKERS SAY…

“(Alex) Roytman, who is one of the
smartest RPG developers in the
business, wasted no time in vaulting his
company to the front of the pack with
the delivery of Profound UI.”

Profound Delivers First RPG Open Access
'Handler‘, Alex Woodie, IT Jungle


WHAT THE NEWSMAKERS SAY…

Profound Logic has achieved a truly
profound accomplishment. It has
painstakingly developed a tool that will
automatically convert an application's
screen display files so there no longer is
a dependence on the 5250 data stream. ”
Profound Logic Goes Native, Sheds Dependence on
5250 Data Stream, Chris Smith, MC Press


MODERNIZATION SUCCESS STORY:
WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORTS

Modernized Hotel Management System that handles around 20 million
transactions per day for all of Walt Disney World’s 27 resorts.


SALLIE MAE

Replaced their
600+ green
screens for
managing
student loans
with a web-
based interface


FOUR SEASONS SALES AND SERVICE

Replaced green-
screen order entry
system with e-
commerce online
catalog of 1,000+
parts for tanning
equipment


ADDITIONAL PROFOUND LOGIC TOOLS
FOR IBM I DEVELOPMENT

 RPGsp
 Award-winning, rapid
Web development
environment
 iData
– Database editing and
navigational tool for the
IBM i
 RPG-Alive
– Code editing and analysis tool
for IBM’s SEU editor, or
standalone GUI


MORE INFORMATION AND CONTACT

 Company news, events, articles and product information:
www.profoundlogic.com
 Product documentation, videos and user forum:
www.profoundui.com
 Email: sales@profoundlogic.com
 Social Media:
 Facebook.com/profoundlogic
 Twitter @ProfoundLogic
 www.linkedin.com/company/profound-logic-software-inc.
 www.youtube.com/profoundui


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