RE: Imaging interface techniques and tools - PART II

You are better off using the STRPCCMD command instead of RUNRMTCMD for these
types of interactive uses.

STRPCCMD sends the command thru the issuing 5250 session itself.  So you
don't need to worry about IP address or user ID and password.


HTH,

Charles Wilt
iSeries Systems Administrator / Developer
Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America
ph: 513-573-4343
fax: 513-398-1121
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CZE Midrange [mailto:CZEMidrange@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:17 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Imaging interface techniques and tools - PART II
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> If you run this command (after some fairly easy setup work), you can
> execute an image file (i.e. Jpeg, BMP) from a 400 C/A 5250 
> session...which
> is great!
> 
> RUNRMTCMD CMD('IEXPLORE.EXE c:\KIDS.JPG') 
> RMTLOCNAME('192.168.168.13' *IP)
> RMTUSER(username) RMTPWD(user's Password)
> 
> My question is, how, from the as400 side, can you retrieve the PC's IP
> address that is making the request along with the user and 
> username from
> the windows sign in procedure? Sure, you could build a DDS 
> and hard-code
> each user, their PC address, user name and password and then 
> extract it
> from any RPG program but...it sure would be much cleaner to 
> obtain that
> information "softly" rather than rely on "messy" table logic as such
> described.
> 
> Thanks for your input!
> 
>  Rick Rayburn
> NYC
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