Re: RPG as a Web Service Consumer

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DMPCMNTRC is new with V5R2. The old way is PRTCMNTRC. Makes a report of all 
the packets between selected IP addresses. I find the SST screens easier to 
work with than the raw commands - somehow, although they are controlling 
the same thing, one makes more sense to me. But SST is not usable in a program.

The report shows you the raw bytes in each packet, as well as parsing many 
of the fields in the packets. You can show the data in EBCDIC or ASCII, not 
both at the same time - run 2 reports, if needed.

Unless for verification, it might be enough to use the 400 trace, since it 
can give you both in and out. Again, unless you want to be sure that what 
the PC sent is what the 400 got, and vice versa.

HTH
Vern

At 09:36 PM 3/20/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> Hi, Joe:
>
> Not sure what you might have to use on the PC side, but on OS/400,
> I think you might want to start by looking at the STRCMNTRC command
> (Start Communications Trace)... ;-)  You can trace both directions, outgoing
> and incoming...
>
> Then you run for a while, then, ENDCMNTRC, then DMPCMNTRC to
> "dump" the trace into a stream file in the IFS.  Not sure how to interpret
> what is in there, though :-/
>
> There are a bunch of freeware or shareware tools somewhere on the
> net for use in Windoze-land... a quick google search reveals several at
> this page: http://www.newfreeware.com/search.php3?q=IP+trace --
> this one looks promising -- http://www.newfreeware.com/internet/1586/
>
> Have fun...
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 8:47 PM
> > Subject: RE: RPG as a Web Service Consumer
> >
>
> > As I drift ever deeper into the miasma that is web services, it seems
> > that I may have to revert to the tools of a bygone era, only updated for
> > our modern times.  Whereas back in the day we used an HP protocol
> > analyzer, today I need a TCP/IP communications trace.  Are there
> > freeware tools that I can attach to a port on my PC and watch the dance?
> > And what is the equivalent on the iSeries?
> >
> > Joe