Wingspan - "Windows for Terminals"
Cross-platform consistency and user-friendliness

Wingspan, a window generation system for character terminals, brings windows, menus, dialogs and other GUI elements to character terminals. With the included tools and libraries, a software developer can easily design data entry forms and information windows, embed them in non-GUI applications and send them to regular terminal screens. With a few simple additions, software applications obtain an intuitive interface with dialog boxes and help screens. Immediate benefits for users include easier navigation, higher manipulation speed and improved accuracy.

Easy on your users

Developers wishing to migrate applications without wasting a well-known user interface now have a powerful ally in Wingspan. Perfectly suited for the emulation of any classical user interface, Wingspan offers the quickest upgrade path without the usual end-user shock.

Easy on developers

Since Wingspan offers an identical interface on both UNIX systems as well as on regular PCs, a programmer needs to develop only once in order to accomodate users on both platforms. This results in considerable development savings.

The design and maintenance of all user interface elements in Wingspan is done through a single powerful tool, called EZCode. This tool allows for very fast "painting" of windows, dialogs and menus, and automatically generates the corresponding code for use in applications.

Single step migration from VPlus

For applications using VPlus, Wingspan offers important benefits. Not only does Wingspan offer full compatibility with existing VPlus code. By migrating to Wingspan using TVP, the VPlus conversion toolkit, developers can easily add a series of advanced Wingspan features to applications. All without changing a single line of code.

Wingspan availability

Wingspan runs on platforms with MPE/iX, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, AIX, Linux and Windows operating systems. Wingspan supports more than 125 different terminal types, including emulators and X-terminals.

Wingspan is available as a component of a ViaNova 3000 migration solution, or as a separate product. Stand-alone Wingspan can be purchased as a Run-Time version or as a Developer edition. Contact the Sales Department for more details

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