RE: Java and Visual Basic, how to learn?

This code should start any PC program from a Green Screen: 
 
     *  The name of the image viewer program that will read the data queue  
     D PCProg       C                   'C:\WDT400\test\IMAGE.EXE'        
      *  The parm for the PC program:
     D qNameO      S             256  Varying
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       * Start the PC Program:                                
     C                   Eval      Tmpxx= 'STRPCO PCTA(*NO)'    
     C                   Call (E)  'QCMDEXC'                    
     C                   Parm                    Tmpxx         1024 
     C                   Parm      1024          parm15          15 5 
     C                   Eval      Tmpxx= 'STRPCCMD   PCCMD(''' 
     C                             + %Trim(PCProg) + ' '     
     C                             + %Trim(qNameO)              
     C                             + ''')  PAUSE(*NO)'          
     C                   Call (E)  'QCMDEXC'                    
     C                   Parm                    Tmpxx          
     C                   Parm      1024          parm15         
 
(I hope this comes through readable)
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:16:22
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Java and Visual Basic, how to learn?
 
Loyd,
 
Just a quick opinion, then I'll go... Given the choice of one OR the other,
not both, I'd recommend JAVA as it can be used to extend your current
skill-set. You can call JAVA directly from RPG now, so just as the ability
to call "C" runtime functions was so exciting, you an use JAVA to build new
features into your legacy code. You can't call VB applications from an RPG
program (yet).
 
Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-898-7863 or ext. 1863