John DiPirro wrote:

>I have looked at the lengthy discussion regarding this topic and while
>there are many great ideas I was unable to find one to fit my needs.

There is a thread in the hp3000-l archive named "Stateless HTTP and CGI on
the HP3000" that may include some helpful information. You can search the
archive at http://raven.utc.edu/SCRIPTS/WA.EXE?S1=hp3000-l

>1.  Access to existing image data base.
>
>2.  Utilize existing COBOL programs (and subsequent image calls)
>
>3.  Limit session overhead on HP3K to a single session that all requests
>would be ported through.
>
>4.  Provide secure connection that will encrypt/decrypt all information
>flowing to and from the HP3K.
>
>5.  Use existing VPlus screens as templates for HTML pages.
>
>I have found a couple of products that come close (Minisoft FrontMan),
>(QSS QWEBS), (WRQ EnterView) but nothing that offers the entire
>solution.

How much of this are you willing to do yourself vs. how much do you plan to
purchase? I've done something very similar to what you describe and it was
done entirely without purchasing anything new. I started with a Cobol CGI
example posted by Lars Appel at
http://jazz.external.hp.com/papers/lang/cobcgi.htm and used the Apache web
server. I must add that it was a lot of work but well worth it.

--
Brad Feazell