Matt, Thanks so much. I think this is how I will proceed with this.
Does this work the same with RUNRMTCMD as it does with the PCCMD?
Thank You
Bryce Martin
National Ticket Company
570-672-2900 ext. 226
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From: systemidotnet-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:systemidotnet-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Olson
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:01 AM
To: .net use with the System i
Subject: Re: [SystemiDotNet] Can we pass parameter fromCL orRPGLE tocall
a .Net program on a windows server?
Yes you can pass parameters to a .exe, we do that today at our shop to
bridge the gap between 5250 sessions and web applications. The .exe
just needs to support the input of parameters (which is easy to do in
Main() part of the .NET exe).
Example .NET program with input parameters:
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length != 0)
{
foreach (string s in args)
{
if (s.ToUpper().Contains("/K="))
{
// do something with the K switch
}
if (s.ToUpper().Contains("/P="))
{
// do something with the P Switch
}
}
}
On the AS400 side of things it looks like this:
D IECMD C 'STRPCCMD PCCMD(''\\server\-
D myexe.exe \ARRTLaunch
/K=CallLog /P=-
D '
D IEEND S 3 INZ(''')')
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryce Martin [mailto:bmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:40 AM
To: .net use with the System i
Subject: Re: [SystemiDotNet] Can we pass parameter from CL orRPGLE
tocall a .Net program on a windows server?
Yea, I'm already using the RUNRMTCMD to do a tax update procedure right
now. But I'm not passing any parameters for that. Its just a batch
type process that runs. I'd like to do something similar but be able to
pass a parameter or list of parameters to the executable... not sure if
that is possible using RUNMRMTCMD (I know that executables can use args
from command lines, but not sure if this can be done from that
command... will look at it more..)
Thank You
Bryce Martin
National Ticket Company
570-672-2900 ext. 226
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From: systemidotnet-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:systemidotnet-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Olson
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:30 AM
To: .net use with the System i
Subject: Re: [SystemiDotNet] Can we pass parameter from CL orRPGLE
tocall a .Net program on a windows server?
Well the other solution is to make that bit of logic a web service, or a
.ashx file like the previous poster was indicating. Both options are
going to require that the functionality be hosted on an IIS web server
though. This is the most modular approach in that you could then
consume that logic in any programming language and/or program.
A quick google search for examples of calling web services via RPG
requires making a C or C++ shim that you then call from RPG. Not
elegant at ALL when you consider it's a 5 minute ordeal with any modern
programming language:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-webservicesrpg/.
If this is always going to be interactive, you could use the STRPCCMD to
call a windows executable. If it's not interactive, then one other
option is to use the Run Remote Command function which interacts with an
IBM installed windows service (the incoming remote command daemon). If
you have to undergo any sort of SOX or PCI audits however you may want
to look elsewhere as this will surely cause problems for you as I don't
think any authentication exists in this process and the security
auditors would be up in arms with the mere fact that you could execute
remote programs on a system in this manor.
See here for more details:
http://www.mcpressonline.com/networking/general/pc-commands-from-the-as4
00.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Bryce Martin [mailto:bmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:13 AM
To: .net use with the System i
Subject: Re: [SystemiDotNet] Can we pass parameter from CL or RPGLE
tocall a .Net program on a windows server?
Matt and Bill,
I'm trying to avoid this scenario where the IBM i is writing directly to
the MSSQL database. This is because I have to write this functionality
in .Net anyway for other .Net based programs, so I really just want it
to be able to be called from everywhere. I'd rather not maintain two
identical pieces of logic. If we need to, we will, but since we're only
writing the IBM i integration as a stop gap until we get the system
replaced in the next year I'd like to use what I was planning on writing
in .Net anyway. So maybe a web service type approach would be better,
but then there is special coding in order to make this work from the IBM
i anyway, right?
Thank You
Bryce Martin
National Ticket Company
570-672-2900 ext. 226
-----Original Message-----
From: systemidotnet-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:systemidotnet-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Erhardt, Bill
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:01 AM
To: .net use with the System i
Subject: Re: [SystemiDotNet] Can we pass parameter from CL or RPGLE
tocall a .Net program on a windows server?
RJS has a product RPG2SQL that lets you write directly from an RPG
program to any Server Based db.
-----Original Message-----
From: systemidotnet-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:systemidotnet-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bryce Martin
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:57 AM
To: systemidotnet@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SystemiDotNet] Can we pass parameter from CL or RPGLE to call
a .Net program on a windows server?
I have an external, MSSQL database table that I have to write CRUD
actions for in .Net. These need to be "callable" in some way from our
IBM i programs. So if we create a new product on our IBM i we need to
add it to this MSSQL database. So I need to pass a product ID to the
.Net program that resides on the Windows server within our network. How
do you guys do this? There is lots of stuff about calling CL or RPG
from .Net, but I'm having trouble finding enough stuff about the other
way around. I can call the .exe but its all about passing parameters
now.
Thank You
Bryce Martin
National Ticket Company <
http://www.nationalticket.com/>
570-672-2900 ext. 226
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