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RAJENDRA1 · Beginner Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 5 Topics: 3

Could any one help with any sort of information on HPS which is a seers technolgies product. How does it work on mainframe.
I appreciate any link or info.
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Nic Clouston · Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:13 pm Post subject:

try Mr Google - he comes up with results
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RAJENDRA1 · Beginner Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 5 Topics: 3

I didn't get much help there..only got little info.
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Terry_Heinze · Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject:

This didn't help? http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_March_7/ai_16694652/
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stefan · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 2:30 am Post subject: Re: HPS - SEER TECHNOLOGY

Since several years now the product is called AppBuilder and is maintained and distributed by Blue Phoenix Solutions. A short product description can be found here.
Nowadays the product is installed on only a few sites worldwide.

AppBuilder has a repository-based development approach. The repository itself may reside on a mainframe (as DB2 database) or on a network drive.

The developers use a locally installed product called "AppBuilder WorkBench" which works on a local repository as a snapshot of the centralized one. Uploads and download synchronize the data between workbench and repository. The workbench uses a proprietary language (very awesome) to define data and logic and offers the capability to generate target-specific runtime modules. If the target is a PC, you can generate C or even JAVA, if your target machine is a mainframe it can generate COBOL or PL/I.

Native file handling is very cruel. This is a major reason why AppBuilder is mostly used for online applications and not for batch processes.

A few years ago the company had introduced "Open COBOL" which let the customers get rid of proprietary runtime libraries on the mainframe. Since that time it is theoretically possible to generate COBOL code, throw away the repository, and continue developing the application based on the generated code. But that's not a realistic scenario.

AppBuilder supports DB2 and IMS/DB objects. But some field types are not implemented as native types but lead to a generated code using some weird conversion routines, especially for date/time/timestamp fields.

The so called "Host WorkBench" is the product component which maintains the central repository.
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gopi_ja · Beginner Joined: 21 Jun 2010 Posts: 1 Topics: 0

Guess its old post however

Its mainly used for cards and atm application.and much usefull in creating the GUI interfaces and testing the flow of cards process like creating new debit card , and genation of debit card number and account information of an custoomer etc..
Once done its easily migrate and compiled/converted using endevor into respective COBOL/CICS programs that''s ready for Production version

Testing is much flexible cause you use live data copied into your local PC by creating an Repository shared among users

The above was just an example , still any doubts reply gopi dot jayaram at gmail.com