IBM i programmers now have more flexibility to further enhance the appearance of their modernized green screens without coding HTML/CSS.

BCD Software LLC., a Quadrant Software company and an IBM i industry leader for 40 years, has announced the upcoming release of Presto 6.5, their rapid green screen and new RPG application modernization tool. This release includes a new visual skin editor for modifying Presto skins in the Visual Editor. Skins control the overall style (e.g. colors and logo) of Presto-modernized green screens.

“Today’s IBM i programmers are asked to do more with less and it’s our goal to help them improve business processes as efficiently as possible,” says Marcel Sarrasin, Quadrant’s VP of Corporate Marketing. “Presto’s skins have always been completely customizable and we’ve made it easier to modify them. The new skin editor in version 6.5 will make it much quicker for developers to apply changes to their Presto skin, all without coding any HTML or CSS.”

How the Visual Skin Editor Works

After installing Presto, you can choose a Presto skin and use it as a starting point to create a custom skin that matches your organization's look. Presto’s new skin editor, which is located in the Presto Designer, enables you to quickly select preset color themes and/or customize the color of your function keys, headers and subfiles. You can also easily update the logo. All of these changes are applied on a global level without requiring you to access the HTML or CSS.

About Presto

Presto is the fastest way to give your existing green screens and new RPG programs a modern web GUI that’s accessible from browsers on PCs and mobile devices. Whether you use the 5250 datastream or RPG Open Access (OA), Presto gives you the most flexibility to add new functionality.

You can request a free trial of Presto 6.5 at http://www.bcdsoftware.com/richgui.

BCD is a Quadrant Software company and one of the most successful software organizations in the IBM i marketplace. The companies have a combined 60 years in the IBM i marketplace and have successfully helped thousands of organizations worldwide modernize. Together, Quadrant and BCD help customers maximize their investment in IBM i with their industry leading web development, mobilization, spool file beautification and document distribution tools. Their customers and partners around the world are leaders in key markets such as finance, manufacturing, transportation, retail and healthcare.
Quadrant and BCD are part of the Quadrant group of companies that also includes Netlert, which develops an Avaya call center performance analysis solution, and SoftBase, which provides application testing and tuning solutions for IBM's DB2 database utilizing the OS/390 and z/OS operating systems.
For more information, please visit http://www.bcdsoftware.com and http://www.quadrantsoftware.com.