RE: Calling a program without knowing the parms

Buck,

No lark and not just one PC program. One time it will be a program to show 
items and quantity another program to show open orders.

Not sure why client server applications sounds like a lark. Maybe I was not 
clear on I would like only two programs  on the AS/400, but many PC 
programs.  I am just trying to find a way to keep from writing a sockets 
program to call every RPG program that I need to call from a PC.

Or I could say to this message 
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200106/msg00912.html   sure load 
this program on the AS/400  then format your call in the VB program this 
way and then get the results out of the string this way.  I know it will 
have its limits. If you want to read a file on the AS/400 you will have to 
keep track of where you are in the file which would require a special 
program on the AS/400 so why not write a sockets program to do it anyway. 
Well I would have to say I probably would now that I know how to write 
them, but just a few short weeks ago I would of had no clue how to write 
one. But could of written an RPG program that read a file and passed back a 
unique key of where I was at in the file.

I also know there are packages out there that can do this. But I am a cheap 
programmer and I figure I/we should be able to figure this out.

Hope you have/had a nice holiday.

Thanks
John Ross

At 06:13 PM 7/3/01 -0400, you wrote:

>The only reason I'm adding to this thread is that I'm curious what your PC
>program can do with the raw returned data.  One time, it might call
>GetItemDescription and get back {"AUTO WAX";"BLUE";1;"LITRE"}.  Another
>time, it might call GetOrderShipDate and get back {"10 Jul 2001"}.  Consider
>how tightly you intend to couple the PC and the iSeries...  Of course, this
>project sounds more like a lark than a mission critical undertaking.  In
>that light, have fun exploring!
>
>Buck
>(on holiday 'til Monday)

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