PHL Web
Your 5250 screens become real web applications
A 100% web interface, nothing to install on user workstations, and no PHP, CSS or HTML skills required from your developers. Your RPG programs keep driving the dialogue: it’s the interface that changes, not your business logic.
On video
PHL Web in two minutes
A demonstration with commentary by an IBM i developer, on a real application.
3 levels
of conversion, from emulator-style rendering to the user experience of a web application
0
installations on user workstations
0
lines of business logic to rewrite
Key features
What PHL Web can do
Three levels of conversion
Basic conversion: function keys become buttons. Extended conversion: drop-down lists, column sorting, scroll bar. Reworked conversion with PHL Studio: screens are enriched to offer the user experience of a web application.
Your existing screens carried over
Conversion starts from your DDS files. Row/column coordinates become pixel X/Y positions, and conversion rules let you process a whole set of screens in batch rather than one by one.
Form-style screens
Text and image buttons, selection lists, date field with calendar in a format independent of the RPG, input checks, tab panels: a green screen becomes a real form.
Full-featured subfiles
Variable titles and columns, pagination bar with text search, opening a form from a row, action icons, context menu, drag and drop, and sending an e-mail from a row.
Built-in Excel export
Users export their selection or the entire subfile to Excel, without a single line of RPG development.
SQL-driven selections
Five types of selection, from a static drop-down list to a dynamic field fed by a query. Beyond 25 choices, you switch to dynamic: the rule is documented, not left to guesswork.
Event-driven programming
Click, right-click, drag and drop, change of focus, style or value, alert and confirmation messages, IBM i program calls — all of which can be factored into reusable functions.
Your developers stay in control
WYSIWYG design in PHL Studio, RPG program templates provided for forms and subfiles, and three days of training to get started.
Technical requirements
What your system needs
Everything your IT team needs to check before getting started.
IBM i version
V7R4 TR7 minimum
Client workstation
Nothing to install
Browsers
Chrome, Firefox, Edge
Screen design
PHL Studio (included)
Back-end
Your existing RPG programs, unchanged
Installation
Complete kit and activation keys per solution
Product sheet
PHL Web sheet in PDF format
Features, requirements and use cases on two pages. Share it internally to build your case.