Re: IBM's VARPG - What can it and cant it do.

Ken,

If they are truly based in VB, I don't think they will work with
VARPG.  From what I have heard, the ActiveX objects need to have
the "C++ interface"(I may not be saying that right).  I do believe
I have downloaded the them.  I was mostly interested in the Spool
file object.  I have not had a chance to try them out yet.  If I
remember I will give them a try this weekend. 

I don't remember exactly what objects you have in there, but VARPG
will do 400 cmds using plain old QCMDEXC.  And yes we have CA/400
installed, but mostly for the 5252 emulation and file transfers.

-- Scott P. Johnson

Ken Slaugh wrote:
> 
> Scott;
>         I've authored a set of ActiveX objects which deal in native
> AS/400 objects. It is based on Visual Basic since I wrote it in VB6. If
> what you say is true and VARPG can reference ActiveX components, then
> our ActiveX AS/400 Objects has even a greater value. This means that
> VARPG could call additional AS/400 programs and/or run commands. Of
> course, I'm assuming that it can't do this already. Although you're not
> required to install CA/400 for your VARPG based solutions, do you have
> it installed anyways for other reasons?
> 
> All;
>         Has anyone used IBM's ActiveX CA/400 components? If so, do you
> have any educated opinions? Did they work or did they fail?
> 
> Ken Slaugh
> Senior Programmer/System Analyst
> AS/400 Professional Network Administrator/MSE
> Specialist - Client Access/400
> Chouinard & Myhre, Inc.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scott P. Johnson [SMTP:sjohnson@highsmith.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 4:43 AM
> > To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:      Re: IBM's VARPG - What can it and cant it do.
> >
> > Just to clear up somethings.  VARPG does deal with WIN32 APIs and
> > DLLs.
> > Believe me, I have been using them quite extestively on my latest
> > project.
> > In it I am using the file APIs to do file management and some other
> > APIs
> > to
> > control a non VARPG pgm.  They work really well.  You just need a good
> > reference book to look up the WIN32 APIs.
> >
> > Also, in the latest version of VARPG(v3r2m2), VARPG does support the
> > use of OCX and ActiveX.  I have dabbled in this area but not much.
> > VARPG's interface to the OCX and ActiveX is rather interesting.  The
> > only bad part I have come across is that the OCX and ActiveX stuff
> > must be based in C++ not Visual Basic.  I can find a lot more stuff
> > written for/in Visual Basic than I can of the other ones.
> > --
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > Scott P. Johnson
> > Programmer/Analyst
> > IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer
> > Highsmith Inc.
> > W5527 Hwy 106, PO BOX 800
> > Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800
> > TEL:  920-563-9571                FAX:  920-563-7395
> > sjohnson@highsmith.com
> > www.highsmith.com
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