The Most Flexible Web GUI for IBM i Green Screens

Presto instantly transforms your 5250 green screens to web pages
and gives you endless possibilities to further enhance them

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Presto is the most flexible Web GUI for green screens. You can use it to web enable your green screen apps to different levels:

  • Instant modern Web GUI for all IBM i green screen programs, O/S screens & 3rd party apps
  • Enhanced Web GUI with new UI elements and styling (date pickers, links, drop downs, etc)
  • Extended Web GUI with new functionality (added fields and validation, Web Services, etc)

Presto doesn't require you to recompile programs or change RPG, COBOL or DDS code and source code isn't needed. Web enabling with Presto is not only the most flexible choice but the smartest one too because it does not require new PC software, ActiveX, WebSphere or Windows Servers, and there’s no need to buy any new IBM i software.

Instant Modern Web GUI

In under an hour you can install Presto and all of your RPG, COBOL, IBM i and third party green screen programs will instantly be rendered as modern web pages.

  • Professional Look: Select a Presto skin (graphics, colors and fonts) or create your own to reflect your organization’s look & feel.
  • No Source Changes: There’s no need to recompile programs or change RPG, COBOL or DDS code, the source isn’t even needed.
  • Easy Access: Runs in a browser which makes it easier for users, clients and management to access and use.
  • Easy Deployment: No PC software, No Client Access, No ActiveX, No Windows Servers, No WebSphere and No additional IBM i software are required.

Enhanced Web GUI with New UI Elements

Increase user productivity by adding new UI elements and styles to your screens. Your existing staff can customize screens using the Presto Visual Editor or by editing the HTML.

  • Visual Screen Editor: Drag and drop text and fields, add many different UI elements and change the styling of your screens.
  • Intuitive Navigation: Add mouse clickable links, menus and subfile options. Functions key are automatically converted to clickable buttons.
  • Faster Data Entry: Add drop down lists, date pickers, auto-completes and tooltip style help.
  • Chart, Images and Documents: Add visual elements such as pie, bar and line charts, images and Google Maps. Add links to PDF, XLS or Word documents.

Extended Web GUI with New Functionality

You have full access to the HTML, JavaScript and CSS to add new functionality to your screens to give you endless possibilities to improve your apps.

  • Add Web 2.0 Functionality: Use Ajax, jQuery and Web Services to add credit card approval, UPS/FedEx shipping tracking, instant validation and much more.
  • Call other Web Apps: Call other web apps including WebSmart PHP or ILE ones to include new data or functionality such as file uploads, emailing and XLS handling.
  • Mobile Devices: Customize your Presto screens to make them accessible from a wide range of mobile devices including iPhones and iPads.
  • Use our Experts: Optionally hire BCD Professional Services to modernize your applications for you or with you.
Nexus Portal provides a tight secure framework for all of your web enabled, and existing web apps
Purchase Presto and get the optional Nexus Portal License Free*

Secure and organize your Presto apps with Nexus, BCD’s license free (maintenance only) web portal. End users can quickly access them from drop down menus, menu trees and dashboards.

Authority lists ensure that users only access the apps they are authorized to see. All of this can be done without requiring any programming or HTML knowledge. Nexus also includes document management (ECM), WYSIWYG site design and administration, and IBM i portlets. .* Only maintenance is billed

Presto is part of the ClearPath Modernization suite

Start getting more out of your IBM i investment today - Try Presto FREE !

Affordable Licensing: Choose base or unlimited user pricing.

 

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User Experiences

"Presto gave our old IBM i green screen applications a modern new face within minutes. Presto was the perfect option for keeping our existing clients interested while making our products more marketable, all via a simple and quick out-of-the-box solution."

— Christopher Voelker,
Voelker & Assoc, LL

"With Nexus we now have a secure single point of entry for our dealers to access information including our Presto web enabled green screens. The site can also easily be customized for each dealer group."

— Paul Warnes,
Bridgestone Australia

"Presto is very easy to install and to modify screens compared to other products I’ve used. And, BCD’s technical support team is very competent, helpful, professional and very good educators too!"

— Cathy Rogers,
Phillips Communication

"I love the way our IBM i screens were all web enabled with Presto. It required no manual intervention to modernize our screens! Kudos and thank you for a great product. We are now productively using BCD’s Presto, Nexus and Catapult modernization tools."

— Chris Keebler, IT Manager
Gladwin Paint Company

"People want results. I can’t tell you how many web enablement modernization tools we’ve tried. The list was long and we had nothing to show for our efforts. After 8 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent trying to modernize our product’s user interface, I became very skeptical. Then I found BCD’s Presto and love the way it works and the capabilities it offers. In short, Presto is the answer we were looking for!"

— K. Harrison, President
King III Solutions, Inc.

"The time and money it would take to accomplish what Presto allowed us to do in-house, is hardly fathomable…. It allows you to enhance just about anything you can dream up…. Both options are possible with Presto. That's the beauty of it... Flexibility!"

— Felicia Krubl, PA
National Van Lines, Inc.

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