Abstract: Methods and systems for configuring a digital trade order ticket to facilitate a computer trade are provided. A request to create a digital trade order ticket is received by a computing device. A template is selected from a plurality of templates in the event that an authentication indicator indicates the request is authenticated. Each template includes a consumer identifier, trade order characteristics that are unique to a user assigned to the consumer identifier, trade order characteristics that are generic to all users, and instructions that are unique to the user. The template that is selected has a consumer identifier that matches the consumer identifier in the request. The digital trade order ticket is displayed to the user based on the template.

Abstract: Information organized in fields stored by a mainframe computer database program is retrieved in field format by software running on the mainframe computer to extract the information by intercepting the information after causing the database program to execute an existing routine for preparing to display the information. The retrieved information in field format is then delivered to software such as a GUI software application, an Internet browser application, or another database program, or is used to produce a display on an output device such as a pager or a fax machine. Information is also stored in the fields by inserting the information in field format in a map and causing the database program to execute an existing routine for reading the information from the map.