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With power-b Smart Responsive, you can bring your entire ERP to the web and any mobile device, with no installation

power-b is the HTML5 client of the webgate400 suite, designed to overcome the visual and functional limits of the traditional 5250 protocol and make IBM i, RPG, and COBOL applications available directly in browsers and on mobile devices, with an interface that feels comparable to native web applications.

Unlike other modernization solutions, power-b works directly on already compiled webgate400 screens, ensuring a smooth, immediate transition.

Why Choose power-b

No Recompilation

Use the same compiled RPG object that runs in green screen mode or on the Windows client.

Immediate Start

It requires no extra work on existing programs to start operating via web.

Total Flexibility

A single application object can run simultaneously in text mode, Windows client, browser, and mobile app.

power-b introduces Smart Responsive technology, based on the CSS Flexbox standard: screens automatically adapt to the available display space, ensuring optimal usability on PCs, tablets, and smartphones with a single layout.

The Benefits for Your Business Are Clear:

No Client Installation

Access runs through the most widely used browsers—Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox—eliminating distribution and update issues on individual workstations.

Advanced Security

The application runs in the browser sandbox, preventing unauthorized interactions with the local system. All communications are protected by HTTPS/TLS, with maximum data confidentiality, essential for cloud and remote-working scenarios.

Network Efficiency

Data traffic is optimized to ensure high performance even with limited bandwidth.

Native User Experience

Users can copy and paste, zoom, and use keyboard shortcuts while keeping all the application-level advantages of IBM i programs: field protection, colors, and automatic advance.

power-b Features

1

Bring Screen Data to Life

Create and maintain responsive screens in webgate400 with a dedicated WYSIWYG designer, granular customization, and an interface that works even without programming skills.

power-b, especially since Release R10, improves the end-user experience and makes screen data more useful. Dynamic layouts make all ERP functionality easier to use: collapsible elements optimize display, while the expansion function lets users view grids full-screen. Column resizing, reordering, and freezing can be applied directly by the user, saved on the server, and restored automatically at each login. The new menu has a tree structure with search and filter functions, and the new bookmarks make daily ERP use easier.

2

ERP on Every Operating System

Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS: no client installation, access through all major browsers, and continuous updates without touching individual workstations.

power-b makes your entire ERP available on any operating system, with no client installation or manual intervention during updates. Access is secure and fast from Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox. All data, IBM i applications, and client-server applications are immediately available from a browser, on any device. The webgate400 architecture supports multilingual management, custom columns and fields, simplified attribute management, and SQL tabs that can be exported quickly.

3

Instant Dashboards and Reports

Orders, jobs, statements, accounting data, stock levels: export and display everything in a few clicks, with integrated FusionCharts charts and Excel export functions on all grids.

With power-b R10, you can filter, reorder, group, aggregate, and create dashboards directly in the web interface, with all the power of the client version. FusionCharts charts make the relevant characteristics of numerical data clear at a glance, far more effectively than a table alone. Excel export functions are available for all grids.

4

Visual Customization

Light and dark themes, custom themes with online editor, CSS variables for colors, borders, and spacing. Configurable at system or individual user level.

power-b R10 is based on the Kendo framework and lets you configure custom themes quickly and easily through an intuitive online editor. The new release’s CSS variables make visual changes easier: colors, border radius, and spacing between elements. Customizations can be configured at different levels of detail, from the entire system to the individual user.

5

New Graphical Components

Light and dark themes, custom themes with online editor, CSS variables for colors, borders, and spacing. Configurable at system or individual user level.
power-b R10 integrates the components managed in webgate400 with new features and new FusionCharts chart types. Real-time HTML tooltips deliver detailed information on demand, with a polished look and no fixed screen footprint. Almost all graphical components of the Windows client have been integrated into power-b R10, with specific additions. Compared with Release R9, IBM radio buttons, IBM checkboxes, and push buttons have been added. The chart library has been updated with new types and themes.

6

Tools for Responsive Screens

WGDesigner is the tool for creating and maintaining responsive screens in webgate400: a dedicated WYSIWYG, customization at every level of detail, and usability even without programming skills.
In the new release, WGDesigner has been enhanced across customization, screen creation, and DDS creation, with a WYSIWYG dedicated to arranging responsive containers and elements, including multiformat layouts. Naming follows the CSS flexbox model to give web developers a familiar environment. Available in the customization version even with Runtime-only licenses, WGDesigner is the ideal tool for personalizing applications without altering their functionality.

7

Enhanced Reserved Area

Deliver RPG/COBOL applications securely to external users too—customers, suppliers, agents, employees—without leaving the ERP or creating misalignments between platforms. Light and dark themes, custom themes with online editor, CSS variables for colors, borders, and spacing. Configurable at system or individual user level.
With power-b R10, you no longer need to leave the ERP to exchange data and documents with internal or external parties. Validation List-based access reduces the number of user accounts required to set up external users, while preserving maximum privacy for people who do not normally access the system. CSS3 stylesheets and responsive layouts let applications blend seamlessly into the hosting site.
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