AiF TOOLKiT

This section describes how you can make full use of HostAccess to create a Windows look and feel for your host applications. First, use HostAccess as a terminal emulator to run your host applications on your PC. Initially your host applications may continue to look and work as they have for years as they do on your old terminals

You can then choose the available GUI functions to transform your terminal screen. HostAccess allows you to transform the terminal screen itself, allowing you to completely transform the application's look and feel.

A wide range of functions known as the Applications interface Facility (AiF) are available to all host developers which enables you to use these features to create a true Windows GUI appearance for your host applications, with only a minimal amount of coding.

You can use HostAccess's Windows AiF to create and use:

• Push buttons.

• Radio buttons.

• Check boxes

• Edit boxes.

• List boxes.

• Combo boxes.

• Secondary windows.

• String lists.

• Commands.

• Menus.

You can use these in a fully interactive fashion, reacting to user input. For example, you can detect whenever the user clicks on a pushbutton, and react accordingly.