RE: Start a Windows Internet request from RPG

A better idea would be to get rid of the iexplore.exe altogether:

STRPCCMD PCCMD('start http://www.google.com') PAUSE(*NO)

W95 and higher will open this URL in the Default browser.

HTH,

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Moland
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:29 AM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Start a Windows Internet request from RPG
> 
> Well thank you Andrew and Shalom.  What you suggested worked 
> perfectly.
> 
> The only hiccup was 123 byte limit. The URLs that will be 
> used are long
> and ugly.
> 
> Since a big part of the command text was the IE program 
> string, I placed
> a copy of IE in the root of C: and used that.
> 
> After seeing the solution I see a few questions.
> 
> What if someone is running Telnet and not CA. 
> 
> It would seem that STRPCO would only be supported if CA was 
> the session
> manager.
> 
> Steve 
> 
> 
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