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  3. June 2005

Re: How to execute a .exe in the IFS

Allen,

I do not think it is sensible to store Win-executables on the IFS. The load to 
memory will take a while; bad performance, any way. Better to install it on the 
PC network server. One place, one link.

Just my thoughts.

Regards,
Carel Teijgeler.

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On 9-6-05 at 14:16 Allen wrote:

>I currently use STRPCCMD to execute .exe files on my PC (requires I know the 
>mapped drive or IP address)
>
>I have moved one .exe file to a directory in the IFS and I can use STRPCCMD to 
>execute it (again requires a mapped
>drive or IP address knowledge).
>
>Since many iSeries users may run this program, I would like to execute this 
>.exe program from a CLLE (or RPPGLE) program
>without having to know the mapped drive names, IP addresses, or any other info 
>about the PC.
>
>Is this possible?

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