VisualAge Generator is a workstation-based set of products for application development that provides state-of-the-art integrated facilities to fully define and interactively test business applications. It includes a powerful workbench that allows the creation of various parts of an application (data specifications, user interface definitions and business logic) in a full multitasking and graphical environment.
The following are the VisualAge Generator products:
With VisualAge Generator Developer you can define, test, and generate programs and various types of user interfaces. VisualAge Generator Developer is fully integrated with both VisualAge for Java and VisualAge Smalltalk and takes full advantage of their object-oriented source code management system and state-of-the-art team development environment. Using the common visual builder, programmers visually define GUI layouts, user actions, and how the occurrence of events trigger execution of business logic, data access or UI changes. A layout editor allows the programmer to quickly build sophisticated GUI windows by simply choosing parts from a rich set of GUI controls, such as entry fields complete with formatting and validation rules, list boxes that automatically implement scrolling, push buttons, and radio buttons. Then these application systems can be generated for various run-time environments.
VisualAge Generator Developer generates:
VisualAge Generator Server for OS/2 enables you to install and run generated COBOL programs in the CICS for OS/2 environment and C++ programs in the OS/2 environment.
VisualAge Generator Server for AIX enables you to install and run C++ programs in the AIX and CICS for AIX environments.
With VisualAge Generator Server for Windows NT, you can prepare, install, and run C++ programs in the CICS for Windows NT and Windows NT environments.
With VisualAge Generator Server for HP-UX, you can prepare, install, and run C++ programs in the HP-UX environment.
With VisualAge Generator Server for Solaris, you can prepare, install, and run C++ programs in the CICS for Solaris and Solaris environments.
VisualAge Generator Server for AS/400 enables you to install and run COBOL programs in the OS/400 environment.
VisualAge Generator Server for MVS, VSE, and VM enables you to prepare, install, and run generated COBOL programs in the following environments:
These programs can be stand-alone host programs or server programs that communicate with client programs through the provided communications support.