RE: Running tasks on a PC.

[bdietz@xxxxxx]

Kevin,  on my win XP PC i was able to run the following:

STRPCO
STRPCCMD PCCMD('start http://www.google.com')

I also tested with Win98


-------------------------
 Bryan Dietz
3X Corporation
614-410-9205




midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 04/09/2003 04:20:57 PM:

> I'm trying to figure out how to start a task on a PC.  Here's the
> application scenario we'd like to support:
>
> The user performs selects a menu option on the AS/400 (green screen
> under Client Access), and on the resulting green screen panel,
> presses a function key.  When the function key is pressed, we'd like
> to cause MS Internet Explorer to start and navigate to a certain
> URL.(i.e. like "IEXPLORE.EXE http://www.midrange.com";).  We'd like
> the URL to be variable depending upon the user.
>
> I tried using STRPCO, STRPCCMD and it didn't work.  Part of the
> reason was because I couldn't specify the path "c:\Program
> Files\Internet Explorer" ... because that's not a valid DOS path?
> I'm also concerned about relying on PCO because I'm not sure it's a
> command with much of a future...if DOS doesn't have much of a future!
>
> I've read information about RUNRMTCMD but the problem is that I want
> to execute the command on the PC that the green screen is running on
> and I'm not sure I'll know the IP address of that PC.
>
> Can anyone offer guidance?
>
> ==Kevin Brunk
> The Butler Company
> 5600 Blazer Parkway
> Dublin, OH 43017-7545
> TEL: 614-659-1666
> FAX: 614-659-1667
>
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