Re: PC Front-ends to AS/400 data

Carl, if IBM has a technical weakness in my opinion it is that their idea
of "easy install" is sadistically warped.  It is easy, yes, but it took me
several weeks off and on of asking questions, waiting for answers, reading
and re-reading instructions, and trial and error to get the thing working.

I can't speak about PTF's and such, but your AS/400 should be already to
go.   For the connection to be completed you have to have the tcp/ip Code
Daemon connection in your PC (that is an icon on the Start-->ADTS-->Code
submenu.  Then, there is a command you have to run from a green screen
command line.  It is STRCODE (F4) with parms identifying your
workstation's IP address. 


Be sure to read the newsgroup "ibm.software.varpg".  There is a very
helpful crew at IBM that responds to questions on the newsgroup.  These
guys are really great and very patient.  They answer questions on both
Code and VARPG.


To get the feel for the Code editor though you don't need to connect to
the AS/400.  Everything is there that you need.  If all else fails, write
a short program and see the feature set of Code and then cut & paste into
a green screen; or cut and paste a small program into the editor.



In <00bf01bebfe7$9a941860$4ca8a8c0@carlgalgano>, on 06/26/99 
   at 11:21 AM, "Carl Galgano" <cgalgano@ediconsulting.com> said:

>Booth:
>I have download both the VARPG and CODE parts from the internet.  How do
>I update the AS400 part.  I assume I need to install something on the 400
>to read/write source files onto my AS400?

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