Re: AS400 start an app on the PC

["Carl Galgano" <cgalgano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In short you would need to run a remote command daemon on the PC to allow
remote commands to be processed.  I have done this between AS400s and UNIX
and it works well, however I don't have any specific info on a remote
command daemon for Windows or DOS.  An other alternate would be install an
FTP server on the PC.  Most FTP servers allow you to in some way initiate a
remote call.  In the case of a PC starting an AS400 command or program the
FTP subcommand is QUOTE RCMD   xxxxxxxxx.
I know this is not very specific info, but perhaps it may point you in the
right direction.
Good luck.
Carl Galgano
EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
540 Powder Springs Street
Suite C19
Marietta, GA  30064
770-422-2995
mailto: cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
http://www.ediconsulting.com
EDI, Communications and AS400 Technical Consulting

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Suiter <jsuiter@mindspring.com>
To: midrange-l@midrange.com <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 11:01 AM
Subject: AS400 start an app on the PC


>Is there a way for the AS400 to run an application, such as MS Access app
or
>DOS batch file, on a remote PC without installing Client Access on the
>remote PC?  The AS400 would be dialing directly into the PC's modem.
>
>We prefer not to install Client Access because of it's size; also, we don't
>need or want the PC users to communicate with the AS400 directly.
>
>In a nutshell want we want to do is:
>1. Send files from the AS400 to the PC.
>2. Have the AS400 start an application on the PC.
>3. When the application has finished, transfer files from the PC to the
AS400.
>
>If the answer is too lengthy to print here, then any books, sites, vendors,
>etc. that you could direct me to would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Jim Suiter
>Programmer/Analyst
>Performance Bike Shop
>
>
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