It's a remote command. The i initiates a remote command on the user's
PC. The PC must be configured with a remote command listener (or server)
that allows such a thing to take place. All this requires a good deal of
security checking, but that is all done under the covers (for the most
part) by the two operating systems.
We (RJS) have a ftp architecture server application (RJSOFFICE) that
runs on the PC. I'll be initiating through that interface. Client Access
also has a remote command server; I could use that one instead.
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of McKown, John
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 8:42 AM
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Subject: RE: Lawson LID IP address
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dan Kimmel
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:14 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Lawson LID IP address
But how do I do that from a program? And if six clients were all using
the same program, how would I tell which one made the request?
What we're trying to do is to add a button to a Lawson panel. When the
user clicks the button, we open a browser on the user's desktop and
display document images related to the Lawson artifact (in this case
an AP image) that is being worked in the Lawson user interface. We
have everything nailed down but how to find the IP address of the user
who made the request. We do the same thing from a green screen just
fine using the QUSRJOBI API.
I know nothing about Lawson and little about the "i". However, I do have
a question. Is Lawson invoked from a browser on the user's system? If
not, then I don't see how a process on the "i" can "open a browser" on
the user's machine at all. This would require the "i" program to somehow
tell the user's PC to start up the default browser (likely I.E., but it
might be some other browser such a Firefox or Opera) and display an HTML
document. Unless, of course, I am totally misunderstanding what "open a
browser" means.
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