The safe passage of existing EAE 3.3 applications includes the seamless migration of all existing GUI screens and character-based screens into System Modeler.
Safe Passage also ensures that the Component Enabler environment continues to operate in the same way as it did in EAE 3.3. All generators available in EAE 3.3 is supported to provide a seamless migration to the Agile Business Suite Framework. Existing custom client applications developed with Component Enabler operates with little or no modification. Any custom generators developed for the Component Enabler Generate environment also continues to operate as before.
GUI elements such as reports, shared data items, insertable logic and teach screens have their own rules regarding migration to the new system. All effects of migration on all GUI-related elements is covered in this chapter.
This section also covers configuration and use of the Painter tools that assists you to enhance your existing GUI screens in System Modeler.
At the end of this chapter you should be able to:
Check to ensure the GUI screens in your application have been successfully migrated
Identify GUI elements in the model such as reports, shared data items, insertable logic and teach screens and ensure they have been successfully migrated
Configure and use Painter tools to make any minor alterations required to the GUI elements of your application