In some situations, it is easier and more productive to alter and add value to a RAMP 5250 form using a Visual LANSA form wrapper instead of altering the 5250 form itself.

For example, imagine you needed to add data to a form's graph sourced from a different IBM i's data base, or visualize data coming from an external web service. Generally doing this would be easier using RDMLX code in a wrapper than using JavaScript attached to an aXes 5250 form.

Equally, most applications have 'core' 5250 screens – the ones used by most users, most of the time. Some core 5250 screens may be candidates for wrapping because you can typically add new high business value features to them faster using RDXML coding and Visual LANSA's rich features.

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