Re: Software Product APIs: Missing API?

["H Brand" <hbrand@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'll look into it.  thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark S. Waterbury" <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: Software Product APIs: Missing API?


> Hi, there:
>
> Actually, as of V5R1 or V5R2 (I cannot recall which), Operations Navigator
> or
> iSeries Navigator now includes a GUI way to "package" licensed program
> products,
> as part of how OpsNav allows you to manage your own software across
multiple
> OS/400 systems... and this uses these underlying APIs, and it comes at no
> extra
> charge, if you have a license for Operations Navigator, which I think
comes
> with
> OS/400, or at least is a part of ClientAccess or iSeries Access.
>
> Hope that helps?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark S. Waterbury
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H Brand" <hbrand@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:28 PM
> Subject: Software Product APIs: Missing API?
>
>
> In order to use OS/400's built-in capabilities for managing licensed
> software you can either buy IBM's SystemView System Manager (SM1) product
or
> you can program the corresponding APIs.
>
> There appears to be an API corresponding to each System Manager command.
> For instance, to substitute for the Create Product Definition command,
> CRTPRDDFN, you can use the built in QSZCRTPD API.
>
> However, it looks like one API is missing.  The Change Product Object
> Description command, CHGPRDOBJD, doesn't seem to have a corresponding API.
>
> Does anyone know whether there is an API to match that command, or
> alternatively how one could accomplish the same functionality as the
> CHGPRDOBJD command without purchasing the whole System Manager Product?
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