aXes is a separately licensed LANSA product that web enables 5250 applications by dynamically transforming the 5250 data stream into a graphical interface for display in a web browser.

LANSA Composer provides a set of activities that are designed to permit a Processing Sequence to connect to and interact with an aXes Terminal Server to navigate, populate and interrogate IBM i 5250 screens. Using the aXes Terminal Server activities, a Processing Sequence can interact directly with existing IBM i 5250 applications running on the same or a different server system. The Processing Sequence can execute activities to perform such operations as:

• Connect (and logon) and disconnect the 5250 session.
• Interrogate the values of current screen identifiers and field values.
• Set the values of 5250 screen entry fields.
• Send function keys such as ENTER and F3.
• Perform multiple operations with a single activity by using aXes terminal operation scripts.

The aXes terminal server activities are individually described in:

Terminal Server Activities.
This chapter provides an overview and considerations for using these activities.

See Also

• What can I use the aXes Terminal Server Activities for?
• Requirements for using the aXes Terminal Server Activities
• When to use the aXes Terminal Server Activities
• Things you should understand about the aXes Terminal Server Activities
• Overview of aXes Terminal Server Activities
• Using aXes Terminal Operations Scripts
• Processing Sequence Example