Re: [LINUX5250] executing datastream commands

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, A. Holthus wrote:

> Now i am searching/fetching informations on sending datastreams to the tn5250 
> emu, to initiate an (read-)action on the connected devices to get e.g. the 
> counter value. The value should be inserted into a field on the tn5250 screen 
> like a manual input.
> Another example is to get a datastream from the AS/400 to play a sound(file).

This doesn't sound like something the tn5250 or tn5250e protocols support. 
At least I haven't seen anything that sounds like what you are describing. 
To me it sounds like you are looking for something more along the lines of 
rexec.  Like Scott said, I think you want another application to do what 
you describe.  This is how iSeries Access works, btw.  When you use it, 
you are actually running several different programs (that is why you have 
to have so many ports open on your firewall).  Each of those programs do 
special tasks like data transfer, rexec, and tn5250.

James Rich

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