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- 100% Browser-Based - Genie is 100% browser-based and produces standard HTML with no need for PC Clients, ActiveX Controls, or Applets. This makes it a very low maintenance product. Your users will never need to install any software. They will access Genie applications using a hyperlink to an Intranet, Extranet, or Internet site. Thus, system updates can occur with complete transparency to the user.
- Cross-Browser - All major browsers as as well as mobile devices are supported, including Internet Explorer, FireFox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, and iPad.
- Accurate WYSIWYG View - The designer tool produces a completely accurate WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) view of all application screens. Unlike Windows-based tools, the Genie designer runs within the same browser window as the final output, so it can produce accurate results.
- Automatic Screen Discovery - Identifying and modifying application screens is easy with Genie. Screens are automatically discovered by navigating the original application in the browser.
- Integrated Development - All tasks are integrated into one browser session, making it easy to prototype, develop, test, and deploy.
- Dynamic Architecture - Genie’s browser interface is built to handle modifications in real-time. That means your GUI and backend changes will instantly merge. You never have to recompile, reconvert, or run complicated processes.
- Zero Interactive - When Genie web-enables your applications, it completely eliminates interactive CPW. This capability, known as the Genie Accelerator, makes modernization much more affordable. You no longer have to worry about upgrading your systems or buying a more powerful server to modernize. With Genie Accelerator, all your applications will run entirely in batch, eliminating the need for expensive 5250 OLTP and unlocking the full processing power of the system for 5250 applications
- System i charting - Genie offers single-series, multi-series, and combination charting capabilities with more than 60 different chart types to visually enhance your applications. You can pick from 2D or 3D Column Charts, Bar Charts, Line Charts, Area Charts, Pie Charts, Doughnut Charts, and more. Your chart data can come directly from a Genie screen or from any other source.
- Flexible Integration Capabilities - Genie has a number of unique features that allow you to integrate it with other applications. Using simple scripting techniques, you can single-out specific green-screens and integrate them into other browser applications. Alternatively, Genie gives you the capability to embed other Web applications directly into your green-screen programs. Genie applications also give you the ability to integrate with any other modernization approaches, such as automated conversions and redevelopment. Additionally, Genie can integrate with web services and offers a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) client for web services.
- No Double Maintenance - Genie gives you the capability to seamlessly merge all of your backend changes with existing front-end enhancements. Adding or removing fields from your green-screen applications will not break your graphical interface, and Genie screens will not have to be rebuilt or recompiled after changes. Instead, all backend changes are automatically incorporated into Genie, and you can easily customize any new fields with the designer.
- No Programming Required - Coding is hidden from the user through a visual point-and-click environment. In fact, some customers allow their end-users and non-developer business analysts to prototype and help develop their own interfaces.
- Flexibility - Although custom programming is not required to achieve great results, it is fully supported by Genie and can be done using a variety of server-side and client-side languages, such as RPG, PHP, .NET, Java, as well as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Global Enhancements - Global customization capabilities and enhancements are taken even further with Genie's client-side scripting. The scripting capabilities in Genie are incredibly powerful, and you can automate any customization on a global level. For example, you can define one or more rules such as the following:
- Whenever there is a question mark on the screen, turn it into a button which sends the F4 key to the System i application.
- Whenever there is a Y/N displayed on the screen as Yes or No options, turn them into a checkbox or a dropdown box.
- Many more rule types are possible as well. The Genie scripting language is a superset of JavaScript, which is a scripting language that is widely used for client-side web development. This makes it a very capable and comprehensive high-level language.
- Secure - Your modernization efforts with Genie will not jeopardize your system's security. You will be able to secure your applications with SSL and take advantage of all the security provided by the i5/OS. It is a completely native solution and does not require any extra servers. You will be able to securely deploy your applications to the Web. Unlike other solutions, Genie will never expose critical ports such as telnet.
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