RE: ICF Programming Snafu's! I Don't want to EVOKE!

If you want your program to sit and wait, you may want to have a look at
prestart jobs.
This type of program can be active before remote program starts and is
waiting for EVOKE to arrive.

    Best regards,

          Alexei Pytel



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Crothers [SMTP:bob@cstoneindy.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 5:08 PM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      RE: ICF Programming Snafu's! I Don't want to EVOKE!
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> I assume you are talking about APPC since EVOKE is an APPC thing.  If 
> you are using BYSYNC, ignore my message as I know nothing about it.
> 
> The EVOKE is what causes the other end to "startup and do its thing". 
>  This is how APPC works.
> 
> If you want want the other end to just sit there (already active) and 
> wait for a connection, that is how TCP/IP works.  In fact, there is NO
> 
> equivalent to an EVOKE in TCP/IP.  You must always have a program 
> monitoring the address/port.
> 
> Regards,
> Bob Crothers
> Cornerstone Communications, LLC
> www.faxserver401.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Borts [SMTP:adborts@ibm.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 10:46 AM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      ICF Programming Snafu's! I Don't want to EVOKE!
> 
>  << File: vcard.vcf >> I'm trying to simulate connection to a 
> mainframe via an ICF file using
> two AS/400's , and I'm running into a problem in getting the two 
> AS/400
> to chat with one another.  I want to blind transmit information sent
> over the ICF to the receiving AS/400 end, and reply using the program
> that is sitting and waiting for a communication that would normally be
> to a mainframe (tandom..).  So far, I've run into the snafu that I 
> have
> to evoke the receiving end from the transmitting AS/400 end.  In
> reality, I don't want to evoke, and I want the other end just to
> startup, and answer messages sent by the mainframe.  Any clues as to
> what I do?
> -Andrew Borts
> Systematic Control, Inc.
> (954) 791-9555 x333
> 
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