Presto Feature Tour

Drive user satisfaction and reduce training costs by transforming your green screens to modern web applications with Presto.

Instant Modern UI: Convert your green screens to a modern web application instantly. Presto auto-transforms elements like menu screens, subfiles & function keys into web elements.
Intuitive Navigation: Improve screen navigation with mouse-driven functionalities such as clickable buttons, links, dropdown lists and tabs.
Easy Deployment: Enable access to all green screens as web pages by installing Presto on the IBM i server – no client installation saves you time and reduces deployment costs.

Improve the look and functionality of screens without web development experience using Presto’s Visual Editor.

Drag-and-Drop Interface: Enhance your screen by adding modern elements like containers, tabs, images, charts, buttons and icons using the drag-and-drop GUI.
UI Elements & Google Maps: Transform input fields to date pickers, checkboxes or dropdown lists to speed up data entry. Add links to PDFs and integrate Google maps without code.
JavaScript Events: Customize your screens further – add JS events to hide/display elements when clicked, populate the command line with a button click, and more.

Accelerate the modernization of your IBM i applications by applying the same settings to all your web-enabled green screens.

Global Settings: Define the look and behavior of elements like function keys, menu screens and subfile screens on every web-enabled screen.
Global Transformations: Create site-level rules to customize your web-enabled screens based on a pre-defined pattern.
Custom Skins: Customize Presto’s skin with the GUI skin editor to match your brand such as color schemes and logo.

Use SQL within the Visual Editor to extend your web-enabled screens beyond the 5250 datastream.

SQL Queries: Create and use SQL queries for integrating Db2 data in your web-enabled screens. Use values from a screen (e.g.: userid) and library lists to dynamically display data.
Data-driven Inputs & Charts: Use SQL queries to populate UI elements like dropdown lists, autocompletes and charts with Db2 data.
CSV/HTML Data Export: Provide users Db2 data as CSV spreadsheets or HTML pages that can be accessed with Microsoft Excel, without the need for copying and pasting data.

Enhance your end-users’ experience and satisfaction with Presto’s productivity features.

Spool File Access: Access IBM i spool files from any web-enabled screen and view them in PDF format. You can then download, email or print them on any printer connected to your PC.
Macros: Improve the workflow for end-users – Presto’s secure server-side macros allow you to automate actions such as navigation and data entry.
Insights: Prioritize modernization efforts based on data – learn how your end-users spend their time in the application with Presto Insights visual tools.

Access your business applications from iPads, iPhones, or other mobile devices.

Responsive Skin: Make your apps look great on any device – Presto’s responsive skin adjusts the layout and styling of certain elements on the screen to match the available screen size.
Mobile Customizations: Apply a separate set of customizations to your web-enabled screens when running on mobile devices and test those customizations from within Presto’s Editor.
Keyboard for Function Keys: Enhance mobile users’ experience with the virtual keyboard for function keys.

Integrate other web services with your system and secure them with standard technologies including SSL, firewalls, proxy servers & VPN servers.

Web Services Integration: Integrate your screens with APIs that provide functions like payments, tracking, etc. Launch web apps like WebSmart pgms from within your screens.
Export/Import Customizations: Integrate your Presto environment with a change management tool such as Git, SVN, MDCMS or others that can keep track of your changes.
Kerberos Support & 2FA: Provide Single Sign-On to end-users using Kerberos. Protect your web-enabled screens with Two-Factor Authentication by integrating Presto with Fresche’s Nexus.