HOTKEY ACCESS TO LEGACY APPLICATION TASKS
First Claim
1. A method in a computer system for modernizing an existing menu-based legacy application, comprising:
- receiving an indication of a user defined key sequence;
associating the user defined key sequence with an executing task of the existing menu-based legacy application executing on a host system; and
facilitating access to the executing task by displaying screen output of the executing task whenever the associated user defined key sequence is entered.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and techniques for assigning hotkeys to legacy tasks as part of modernizing such tasks are provided. A user can assign a hotkey to an individual task so that the user can have instant access to a legacy or a non-legacy task without needing to navigate to “sub-” tasks of the legacy task. Hotkey access may be used with role-based modernization of legacy tasks to provide navigation to and from legacy tasks without starting and stopping sessions. Example embodiments provide a Role-Based Modernization System (“RBMS”), which uses these enhanced modernization techniques to provide role-based modernization of menu-based legacy applications.
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20 Claims
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1. A method in a computer system for modernizing an existing menu-based legacy application, comprising:
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receiving an indication of a user defined key sequence; associating the user defined key sequence with an executing task of the existing menu-based legacy application executing on a host system; and facilitating access to the executing task by displaying screen output of the executing task whenever the associated user defined key sequence is entered. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable medium whose contents enable a computing system to modernize an existing menu-based legacy application, by performing a method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a user defined key sequence; associating the user defined key sequence with an executing task of the existing menu-based legacy application executing on a host system; and facilitating access to the executing task by displaying screen output of the executing task whenever the associated user defined key sequence is entered. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer system configured to modernize an existing menu-based legacy application, comprising:
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a memory; and a module that is stored on the memory and that is configured, when executed, to; receive an indication of a user defined key sequence; associate the user defined key sequence with an executing task of the existing menu-based legacy application executing on a host system; and facilitate access to the executing task by displaying screen output of the executing task whenever the associated user defined key sequence is entered. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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