PASSPORT Client and Server Legacy Integration

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  Zephyr offers non-intrusive, screen-based legacy application integration solutions for Windows client and server platforms. Solutions range from programmatic legacy integration servers to embedding a Terminal Object in an existing client application or using terminal emulation with an API.

  Listed below are all of the Windows-based legacy integration solutions from Zephyr. All offer non-intrusive, screen-based methods for .NET, ActiveX and traditional legacy integration (at the application layer).

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PASSPORT Host Integration Objects (Using the Terminal Control Object)

PASSPORT HIO includes the PASSPORT Terminal Control Object, which lets developers embed a PASSPORT TN3270 or TN5250 client inside another client application. Through use of the PASSPORT HIO Terminal Control, 3270 or 5250 host "green" screens can be exposed to the end user, similar to an IBM terminal, and full use of the PC keyboard is available to interact with the 3270 or 5250 host application. PASSPORT HIO Terminal Control is ideal for advanced Windows client-based legacy integration projects.

The Terminal Control feature of Zephyr’s PASSPORT Host Integration Objects (HIO) software has been used by a number of leading firms to embed 3270 terminal emulation inside core desktop application suites, including:

• One of the top three U.S. providers of auto insurance has embedded PASSPORT within their client-based corporate application suite, including a key claims workstation application, collectively offering 3270 access to 30,000 employees and agents
• One of the top 10 property and casualty insurers in the U.S. has extensively integrated PASSPORT into desktop applications that require 3270 connectivity, providing integrated host access to 40,000 employees
• A Fortune 20 company has embedded PASSPORT within their insurance and healthcare applications, creating an automated solution that accesses 3270 applications used in the U.S. Medicare system

Embedding a robust Windows terminal emulator within an agent, claims, call center or customer service application suite, and making use of the emulator’s rich scripting and application integration capabilities to improve overall productivity, can make great financial sense. This is especially true given the high cost of reengineering a legacy application or replacing it with an expensive packaged application that may not fully meet all requirements. By comparison, the point-to-point legacy integration model used in terminal emulation is very competitively priced.

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PASSPORT Host Integration Objects (Server)

PASSPORT Host Integration Objects (HIO) can also be used as a programmatic legacy integration server for legacy system integration, connecting TN3270 and TN5250 host applications with other ActiveX or .NET applications. When used in this manner, PASSPORT HIO runs as a background communications module.

The Windows 2008, 2003 and 2000 Server application includes a TN3270 and TN5250 communications module, an object-oriented API and sample projects and code to use as examples. PASSPORT HIO can be used for server-based integration projects that require a more robust integration tool than what is provided with terminal emulation. Up to 2,000 sessions can be supported on a single Windows server. A terminal emulation control is provided that supports screen display, keyboard, mouse and other functions. More...

PASSPORT Terminal Emulation APIs

Zephyr also provides 2 APIs in its PASSPORT PC TO HOST and PASSPORT WEB TO HOST terminal emulation products that can be used for client-side legacy integration. The APIs include:

Object Interface - The PASSPORT Object Interface is recommended for new applications that require an object-oriented interface to host applications, can be used to run existing Attachmate OLE automation applications, or used to run complex Attachmate EXTRA!® macros that have been converted by Zephyr for use with PASSPORT.

To ease new development, the PASSPORT Object Toolkit can be used with the PASSPORT Object API. The PASSPORT Object Toolkit is available to customers who license at least 500 units of PASSPORT via an annual subscription license. More...

HLLAPI Interface - HLLAPI (High Level Language Application Programming Interface) is recommended when PASSPORT is being used to replace an existing emulator and an existing PC HLLAPI application (many third party applications use this more traditional API for host access).

Evaluation Options

Each of the PASSPORT products has a fully functional 30-day trial available for download. Should you decide to purchase PASSPORT once your evaluation is complete, converting the trial version to production software is as simple as copying and pasting your new license code.

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