RE: Running tasks on a PC.

Actually, depending on file association, just referencing
http://anything should open IE automatically.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 11:24 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Running tasks on a PC.


You probably don't need the whole path.  I'd bet you could try it from
Start
--> Run on the Windows box and see what happens.  Usually  just
notepad
will open notepad.  I'd expect that  " iexplore " would open the browser
for you? 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 18:57:11
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Roll, Jaymi
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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