Re: Web serving from the AS/400

Excuse me while I go bang my head against the wall. 

You just gave the single most compelling reason I've seen yet for 
externally described printer files.  I wish I'd started using them 5 years 
ago instead of 2 years ago.
 
HTML reminds me a great deal of CL in that it is easy to be passably good. 
 The crunch of course is Microsoft's determination to hijack the internet 
and their decision to "extend" everything they touch.  As a result I am 
finding HTML to be dangerous. 

But you talked me into it.  Buy Brad's book, buy it off Midrange.com to 
keep David's efforts solvent.  Thanks John. Will do.

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Booth Martin
Booth@MartinVT.com
http://www.MartinVT.com
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Booth

I bought Brad Stones's   e-RPG  book.   Buy it!

I just took a complicated P & L report program I did in RPGIV(it took a
long time to write  years ago).
Within an hour I converted the WRITE to the printer file to out put to the
Browser !!!!

The users  have the report online, in a Browser now !.    What is
incredible is that I leveraged the
existing application designed to print,  to output to the browser, which 
it
was never intended to do.

VERY VERY Easy !!!

The users are thrilled.   They think we are finally doing "Modern"
programming(ie browser output).

The inquiries and reports are now links off our intra-net.

They do not know that I am still using an Archaic language like RPG.

They probably think I am using some thing like Java, VB or some "Modern"
language.


Bottom line.   RPG-CGI programs ROCK !   If you want to put stuff up 
quick,
Reuse existing logic.  It ROCKS.

It will give you time to learn Java and other strategic directions and be
productive (and look good to your managers) while you are learning.

Next step?   Double my rates as now I'm an Web Developer !  <VBG>

John Carr
EdgeTech

P.S.  buy a book on HTML and learn it.   It's the CL of the internet.


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Lets say I used the web server on a box at V4R4.  Could I get data from
the web page into an RPG program easily using something like Net Object
Fusion to make the web pages?
_______________________
Booth Martin
Booth@MartinVT.com
http://www.MartinVT.com



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