Using the Create Linked Project wizard, you can link a HATS/WebFacing
enabled project with a HATS project.
By linking a HATS/WebFacing enabled project and HATS project, you
can combine applications with converted source and unconverted source.
This seamless interoperability allows you to leverage the advantages
of both WebFacing and HATS.
Before a screen is displayed in the Web browser, the linked project
is scanned for the converted source files. If these files are present,
the WebFaced page is shown. Otherwise, the HATS data stream transformation
is displayed.
If you do not have a linked HATS/WebFacing project, there is an
internal dynamic data stream transformation for WebFacing projects
that can be used to handle unconverted source. Please refer to
Handling non-WebFaced IBM i applications using dynamic data stream transformation for more information. To Link
a HATS/WebFacing enabled project with a HATS project:
- In the WebFacing Projects view, right-click a HATS/WebFacing enabled
project.
- From the pop-up menu, select Link With -> HATS Project.
The Create Linked Project wizard opens, with your WebFacing project
name specified by default and a list of your HATS projects for you
to select. Only HATS Web projects with a connection type of 5250 or
5250W are displayed in this list.
Note: If you select a HATS project
with a 5250 connection type, the connection type for the linked HATS/WebFacing
project will still be 5250W.
The Connection Properties page allows you to specify your host
name, port, code page, and screen size. Because you started the wizard
by right-clicking the WebFacing project, the connection settings of
the WebFacing project will be selected by default. Accept the default
connection settings and click
Finish to create
the linked HATS/WebFacing project.
Tip: If the connection
information in the WebFacing project is different from the HATS project,
you can select a host name and port from values entered for either
project. (If you enter the wizard by right-clicking a HATS project,
the HATS project values will be selected by default as the host name
and port.) You can also provide new values for the host name and port.
Code page and Screen size lists contain all valid options, but are
pre-set to the HATS project settings. For more information on the
settings on this wizard page, press F1 while
the page is displayed.