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ACUXUI®
Business Challenge
Many IT operations have to balance the need to extend their
application’s reach and functionality with the ability to reuse as
much of existing resources as possible. With AcuXUI, you can write
a single graphical program and run it anywhere - on UNIX®, Linux®,
Macintosh® or Windows®. Suppose users could run your program
as a Java applet, what would that mean to your business? A larger
market; Reduced maintenance; Happier customers. With AcuXUI,
you execute graphical COBOL programs from a Java command
line. This lets you run your program on any machine that supports
the Java Runtime Environment. At long last, you can run the same
graphical user interface (GUI) on virtually any operating system, and
you can do it from COBOL.
Product Overview
AcuXUI is a user interface engine that allows graphical ACUCOBOLGT® programs to exhibit their user interfaces on multiple platforms,
including UNIX and Linux.
Rather than relying on Windows technologies to display graphical
controls, AcuXUI takes advantage of the Java Runtime Environment
(JRE), which can run on virtually any operating system. For this
reason, you can run graphical ACUCOBOL-GT programs on
platforms such as UNIX, Linux and Macintosh as well as Windows.
Programmed accordingly, you can even run the same program,
without modification, on all of these platforms.
Key Benefits
Give UNIX or Linux applications a GUI
Deliver the same graphical program on multiple platforms
Run your program on any machine that supports the Java
Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5 or later
Deploy COBOL programs from the Java command line and Eclipse
Deploy COBOL programs from a Java applet on a Web page
Detailed Feature Overview
AcuXUI is a cross-platform User Interface engine, you can deploy
AcuXUI in three ways:
You can invoke it from a command line on the server
You can combine it with AcuConnect® to run a COBOL program
on a remote server
You can run it inside a browser as an applet
This lets you run your application virtually anywhere, any time.
GRAPHICAL DEVELOPMENT
Graphical elements - such as windows, entry fields and radio
buttons - are described in the COBOL program with ACUCOBOL-GT.
(GT stands for Graphical Technology). If you already have a graphical
ACUCOBOL-GT program that is designed for Windows, you can run
it under Java with just a few modifications.
PORTABILITY
With AcuXUI, your graphical programs are portable to any machine
with the JRE version 1.5 or later. Most operating systems, including
UNIX, Linux, Macintosh and Windows, support the JRE. Many
mobile devices do as well. Linux and UNIX clients require a graphical
desktop, such as X Server, to run the JRE. With such ubiquitous
support, you can run your UI virtually anywhere.
RUNS ON JAVA
When you run your program with AcuXUI, the runtime directs the
JRE to create graphical controls on a Java desktop. Although there
are subtle differences between the Java and Windows desktops,
most graphical controls run equally well under Java, and can be
deployed in multiple environments using the same source code.
JAVA APPLET DEPLOYMENT
AcuXUI can be deployed as a Java applet to display a COBOL
program inside a Web browser. This gives your end users the ability
to access your program from any machine with a Web browser. (This
deployment requires AcuConnect on the server. )
EASE OF USE
Deploying graphical programs with AcuXUI is as easy as 1, 2, 3
1. You install ACUCOBOL-GT Version 8 on the server and you install
a Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) JRE version 1.5.0 or later on each
client
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2. You prepare your program to use the supported features,
controls, properties, and styles
3. You run your program from the Java command line on the server.
Other Key Features
Supports over a dozen graphical controls and features:
Bars, Bitmaps, Check boxes, Combo boxes, Entry fields, Frames,
Grids, Labels, List boxes, Menus, Push buttons, Radio buttons,
Scroll bars, Status bars, Toolbars and Treeviews. AcuXUI
also supports the W$ library routines, such as W$FONT and
W$PALETTE, as well as the C$SYSTEM library routine.
Product Specifications
and System Requirements
Graphical COBOL applications can be run on any platform with a
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.5 or later. The possibilities
include:
UNIX, Linux, Windows, Macintosh
AcuBench integration: AcuBench has been integrated with
AcuXUI. You build your COBOL program and GUI as usual using
AcuBench, then you click a coffee cup icon to run it with AcuXUI.
You specify the name and location of the AcuXUI JAR file in the
environment settings for the project.
Debugger: AcuXUI supports the the “-d” option on the Java
command line as well.
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