Re: Green screen to GUI

It could *load* from the IFS, but it would have to *run* on  the PC.

On 9/21/05 04:35 PM, "Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Now you raise an interesting question....  could a VARPG application reside
> on the iSeries IFS and be run from there?  If so, would that qualify?
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> From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
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> Date: 09/21/05 15:27:00
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> Subject: RE: Green screen to GUI
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> Hi Tom,
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> I think he meant that the executable resides on the server and is loaded
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> from there; that is, the shortcut on the workstation points to the server
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> version.  So it runs on the workstation, but is loaded from the server.
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> I have a customer who does something similar -- the VB app resides on the
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> iSeries and runs on the workstation.  The difference is that a .bat file on
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> the workstation copies the iSeries version to the workstation and runs from
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> there, but the copy only takes place if there's a newer version on the
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> iSeries.  Makes deployment simple -- put it on the iSeries.  When the users
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> exits and restarts the app, they're using the new version.
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> And yes, VARPG can use Windows .DLLs, last time I played with it (quite
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> awhile ago).  I'm used to VB, so the VARPG IDE didn't seem very intuitive.
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tom Liotta
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>> Just out of curiosity, and I really have no idea, how many VB
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>> apps are written to run _on_ a Windows server rather than on a
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>> workstation? I can think of reasons it would be done, but not
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>> really for business apps.
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>> I.e., does it matter if it doesn't run _on_ iSeries?
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>> And as a side note, can't VARPG call Windows .DLLs?
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