Re: Initiate PC job from AS400 not using client access

["Roger Pence" <rp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Yes you can do this.  You need to have the PC communicating with the AS400
> some how though.  Have you performed any TCP/IP socket programming?  You
can
> have a program running on the PC waiting for a connection from another
> computer, the AS400 in your case.  Do you have a program on the PC that
> looks for a file in a network drive?  If so you can have Netserver running
> on the AS400 and map a drive to the PC, assuming it is running WINDOZE.
The
> AS400 would then put the file into the shared Netserver drive.

You can also do it using the AS/400's FTP and an shareware FTP server on the
Win PC. It's a little kludgy, but ok for some stuff.

rp


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