My own Home-grown DB2 Editor
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:00 am
As suggested by you Dick, I decided to post this, in the CLIST-REXX Forums.
Hi Everybody,
These days, I am beginning to make a small home-grown DB2 Table Editor. I am writing the DTL Panels and the rexx code, and its also helping me learn a lot more about REXX and ISPF Services. For example, I never knew, how to process the selected rows of an ISPF Table - its done using ZTDSELS.
Would you'll mind taking a look at my tool? I want to develop this product completely at home, and would like to in-fact sell this editor to corporations employing Mainframes for their data-processing, and having an IT-center. You must have heard of solutions like Compuware File-Aid for DB2, or Platinum. How do these companies market their products? How do they reach out to customers? What is the pricing like? Do you think, I can make such a software-product, and sell it commercially?
Also, Dick suggested to me, that most of these products are installed using SMP/E. Is it fine, if I just ship the application libraries as Binary .XMI Files, or this is a primitive(ancient) way of installation?
Here are some screenshots, of the work that I've been doing.
The Primary Option Menu
The Browse Option Menu
The Browse Selection Menu
Thanks,
Quasar
Hi Everybody,
These days, I am beginning to make a small home-grown DB2 Table Editor. I am writing the DTL Panels and the rexx code, and its also helping me learn a lot more about REXX and ISPF Services. For example, I never knew, how to process the selected rows of an ISPF Table - its done using ZTDSELS.
Would you'll mind taking a look at my tool? I want to develop this product completely at home, and would like to in-fact sell this editor to corporations employing Mainframes for their data-processing, and having an IT-center. You must have heard of solutions like Compuware File-Aid for DB2, or Platinum. How do these companies market their products? How do they reach out to customers? What is the pricing like? Do you think, I can make such a software-product, and sell it commercially?
Also, Dick suggested to me, that most of these products are installed using SMP/E. Is it fine, if I just ship the application libraries as Binary .XMI Files, or this is a primitive(ancient) way of installation?
Here are some screenshots, of the work that I've been doing.
The Primary Option Menu
The Browse Option Menu
The Browse Selection Menu
Thanks,
Quasar