Re: Starting an AS/400 program from mainframe

I have an old bi-sync program that I've used for communication with
mainframes.  We had the AS/400 initiate the job, but I think the program was
written to work either way.  It may not be a complete answer, but it may be
a place to start.  Let me know if you want the source code.

I know that this is an 'old' solution, but we were in a situation that the
companies that we were communicating with didn't have FTP or any other 'new
fangled' stuff.  Just a suggestion.

Jade Richtsmeier, Programmer/Analyst
Minnesota Counties Information Systems
413 SE 7th Avenue
Grand Rapids, MN 55744

218.326.0381 Ext. 21
218.326.3544 Fax
jade.richtsmeier@mcis.cog.mn.us

----- Original Message -----
From: <Peter.Colpaert@honda-eu.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 9:01 AM
Subject: Starting an AS/400 program from mainframe


>
>
> Hi group,
>
> we are experiencing rather big difficulties in coming up with a feasible
> solution for the following challenge.
>
> On our mainframe computer, certain information is made available for
collection
> from the AS/400.  The communication to retrieve this information can only
be
> initiated by the AS/400.
>
> We do not want to schedule the receiving program so that it checks every
now and
> then whether information is available, and the users do not want to start
it
> themselves.
>
> Therefore, what we need is a way to start the receiving program from the
> mainframe, if and when information is available.
>
> This information is not record-based, so that writing directly to the
AS/400 and
> using file triggering will not work.
>
> To add further difficulties to this, the AS/400 is at V3R2M0, and
upgrading is
> (for the near and medium-far future) not an option.
>
> Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Peter Colpaert
> Analyst-Programmer
> Honda Europe NV - Belgium
> ----------
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>
>
>
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