RE: COBOL to web page solved

["Jon Paris" <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >> If I used CGI, how would the htm document containing the report get
built?

The program would probably be nearly identical to the one you are using now.
The only difference would be that you would call an API to "write" the data
to the browser rather than normal COBOL I/O operations.  If you go to
http://www.partner400.com/ArticlesWeb1.htm you can find links to some
magazine articles that we wrote on the subject of "printing" to the web.  At
the bottom of the page, you will find a link to a downloadable file
containing COBOL versions of some of the sample programs.

 >> Would the CGI program itself generate the report from database files?
Or would it call another COBOL program to generate the report?

Either or both - it is up to you.  The samples are a single program.

 >> And how would I ensure that only appropriate users access sensitive
reports?

Probably by use of authorization lists, or simply having them sign on and
use the same mechanisms as you do for "normal" 400 stuff.

Jon Paris
Partner400