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You can use RUNRMTCMD by first using the Retrieve Device Description
(QDCRDEVD) API format DEVD0600 to get information about the device which
includes it's IP address. IIRC, the IP address will be in the receiver
variable starting at position 877.

HTH

Reggie Acosta

> 
> message: 8
> date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:20:57 -0400
> from: "Brunk, Kevin" <KBrunk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: Running tasks on a PC.
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how to start a task on a PC.  Here's 
> the application scenario we'd like to support:
>  
> The user performs selects a menu option on the AS/400 (green 
> screen under Client Access), and on the resulting green 
> screen panel, presses a function key.  When the function key 
> is pressed, we'd like to cause MS Internet Explorer to start 
> and navigate to a certain URL.(i.e. like "IEXPLORE.EXE 
> http://www.midrange.com";).  We'd like the URL to be variable 
> depending upon the user.
>  
> I tried using STRPCO, STRPCCMD and it didn't work.  Part of 
> the reason was because I couldn't specify the path 
> "c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer" ... because that's not a 
> valid DOS path?  I'm also concerned about relying on PCO 
> because I'm not sure it's a command with much of a 
> future...if DOS doesn't have much of a future!
>  
> I've read information about RUNRMTCMD but the problem is that 
> I want to execute the command on the PC that the green screen 
> is running on and I'm not sure I'll know the IP address of that PC.
>  
> Can anyone offer guidance?
>  
> ==Kevin Brunk
> The Butler Company
> 5600 Blazer Parkway
> Dublin, OH 43017-7545
> TEL: 614-659-1666
> FAX: 614-659-1667
>  


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