RE: Displaying Graphics -- MIDRANGE-L

Jacob --
 There are DDS keywords for graphics and I believe image handling. To make
this work I think you will need  OS/400 option 14  (GDDM).

  If GDDM is used the PC needs an emulator capable of supporting a 5292
model 2 data stream. That support was in the DOS clients of "IBM AS/400
Client Access Family" product number 5769-XY1. My AS/400 handbook indicates
that 5769-XY1 was  withdrawn from marketing effective 25 Feb 2000. I know
from experience that the DOS clients were the only IBM supplied clients that
supported this function -- and they required DOS device drivers (supplied as
part of the emulation code) to get the graphics emulation to work. The
installation required manually downloading the correct drivers to the PC and
setting up the PC correctly. This is a real RTFM -- "read the fine manual"
-- and follow it to the letter! I did get the DOS client (not the DOS
extended client) to work with graphics under Windows 3.1 and OS/2 but it was
a real trick and took a couple of detailed red-books! 

 IBM did not include 5292-2 support in their Windows based clients. I don't
recall seeing this support in other vendors Windows based emulators (but if
there is one out there I'd like to hear about it! Heck it would be
interesting if there is a JAVA or Linix based emulator out there with
graphics support!).

 Also be warned that the AS/400 GDDM implementation was aimed mostly at
vector graphics, not scanned images.

 IBM  has a fixed function display (the 3489) that included some image
support (fax/image viewing). I don't know if there is a third party Windows
emulator that added that support. (Again, would be interested to hear if
there is one out there!)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jacob Christiansen [mailto:jacob.christiansen@technocrats.co.uk]
> 
> Hi All 
> 
> Does anyone know how to display graphics via a AS400 Display file.  I
> would like to be able to press a function on the screen and have a
> window appear with say, a scanned in document?  Note, I am not looking
> to start a windows application on the PC but have it all controlled on
> the AS400.  I am a 5250 emulator via client access, so the monitor has
> graphics display capabilities i.e. I am not using dumb terminal
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Best regards
George Lemen
Sr. Technical Consultant, CIBER Inc.
CIBER phone/voice mail: (425) 451-2575 x142; e-mail: glemen@ciber
Weyerhaeuser CER Operations Manager
Weyerhaeuser phone: (253) 924-7975; e-mail: george.lemen@weyerhaeuser.com

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