RE: Running tasks on a PC.

Kevin,

Try

STRPCO
STRPCCMD PCCMD('start iexplore.exe "http://www.midrange.com";') PAUSE(*NO)



Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
From: Brunk, Kevin [mailto:KBrunk@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 3:21 PM
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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