Re: Click on an internet link from a 5250 screen (Booth Martin)

[Wayne McAlpine <wmcalpine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If your 5250 sessions are Client Access sessions, click on 
Edit...Preferences...Hot Spots and endable 3-D buttons for url's.  You 
can also make F-keys clickable.

Rick Nardone wrote:
> with PC Organizer started(strpco) you can, 
> from command line, cl program, rpg with qcmdexc, issue command
>
> strpccmd 'start http://www.domain.com/yada/yada.html'
>
>
> we use this function here to autolaunch archived pdfs of customer bills 
> driven from a green screen app.  The command below launches the FILE, 
> which by default uses the associated app for the type *.pdf(adobe reader)
>
> strpccmd 'start \\servername\YYYYMM\customernumber.pdf'
>
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> > message: 4
> > date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:43:08 -0800 (PST)
> > from: G Armour <garmour400m@xxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: Click on an internet link from a 5250 screen
> >
> > I was pretty sure I've seen this before, but darned if I can find it in
> > the archives or in the documentation.
> >
> > Is there a way to put a clickable browser link on a 5250 screen.  In other
> > words, say my 5250 display application shows "http://www.ibm.com";, is it
> > possible for the user to click on that and have the browser open up
> > automatically and go to that web site?
> >
> > TIA, GA
> >
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> > date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:56:51 -0600
> > from: "Mark A. Manske" <mmanske@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: RE: Click on an internet link from a 5250 screen
> >
> > Yes, you can even just type it in on a command line, and double click 
> > over the link, and CA will open up your web browser.
> >
> > I do not know if other 5250 emulation packages allow this - 
> > so keep that in mind.
> >
> > HTH
> > Mark
>
>
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