How RFgen Screen Mapping Works
RFgen provides four levels of Screen Mapping, allowing developers to take advantage of the right set of technology to meet
their projects unique requirements. Using any combination of these approaches, RFgen based applications can combine data from multiple host screens,
add additional functionality without changing the host system, allow users to operate even while the host is unavailable or off-line, as well as to
combine data from multiple systems or platforms for display and update via a single transaction screen.
For example, a developer might use RFgen to implement
additional transactions not supported within SAP Console, allowing RFgen to display SAP console screens or custom content based upon the transaction.
Application Pass Through
RFgen supports both full host screen display and selected field display capabilities (screen scraping) that allow you to
have real-time, direct access to your host system, yet still be able to respond to events in the RFgen environment, modify the data stream,
or even add speech recognition capabilities to your existing applications.Basic Screen Mapping
Consists of all the commands necessary to send and receive data from the host system, control program
flow, and manage the connection state.Advanced Screen Mapping
Provides additional functionality, including the ability to easily record the scripts required to update
the host system, navigate from application to application, as well as to provide off-line data collection
capabilities.Embedded Screen Mapping
Simplifies the design process even further by allowing users to identify the key fields in your host screens,
and then to drag-and-drop them onto RFgen forms for easy access to host data with zero to minimal coding requirements.
Access to Your Host Data in 3 Easy Steps
For customers using SAP Console, IBM AS/400 Servers, IBM Mainframes, or UNIX based systems, the RFgen Mobile Framework
provides built-in Console, TN3270, TN5250 and VT220 Screen Mapping capabilities to facillitate interaction with enterprise systems. Using
Screen Mapping, developers using RFgen can quickly and easily...
| One |
Record the entire data entry process for selected transactions, including screen navigation from
a central starting point (i.e. main menu). This recording will later be used to update the host system, as if the transaction were being manually
keyed into the system by a user. |
| Two |
Automatically generate scripts that duplicate the recorded data entry process and then, optionally, supplement it with
error checking, validation logic, and even data translation logic (convert vendor barcode to internal SKU, etc). |
| Three |
Develop your mobile and wireless data collection applications that can be directly linked to these scripts
for updates in real-time, or collect and validate the data and hand off the data to a background process for transaction update into the host system. |
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