Re: TN 5250 and STRPCO

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you're referring to the open source TN5250 (the one at 
http://tn5250.sf.net) then you need to:

a) Get the latest version of TN5250 (I don't remember what version the 
feature was added -- though I'm the programmer who added it!)

b) add +allow_strpccmd to the configuration file

Note that the correct mailing list to discuss the open source TN5250 is 
the Linux5250 list here at Midrange.com (not MIDRANGE-L) so I'd 
appreciate it if we can move this discussion there.  (That is, if 
indeed, you're using the open source TN5250 that I'm referring to)


Steve Moland wrote:
> I've an application that runs a PC program from the AS400 using a number of 
> methods because customer use different methods of connection.
> The PC program calls up a web page based on data unique to an AS400 users 
> job
>
> Client Access emulation sessions work fine, TN 5250 session don't work at 
> all.
>
> I thought I would use the STRPCO method as the prototype and then implement 
> (which I have) a more flexible method using data queues.
>
> I did prototype STRPCO, it worked great the, customers love it. They don't 
> even mind the little extra PC command line window that opens a second before 
> the browser screen opens up.
>
> There is a simplistic charm to the STRPCO method. The process knows which 
> AS400 job is in which PC window without my having to do anything. That is 
> not true of the data queue method. Without some unique identifying trickery 
> on the PC to which an AS400 jobs is absolutely tied (which complicates the 
> begesus out each PC client install) an AS400 request can open a browser on a 
> PC in another room. It would seem so simple but using IP addresses being 
> known to both sides of the process falls apart for a number of reasons.
>
> So STRPCO is really a path of very least resistance. The problem (incentive 
> to use TN 5250)  is that a company wide license for TN 5250 is a few hundred 
> bucks. Some of my customers have hundreds of their own customers who will be 
> using this and Client Access Licenses are out of the question.
>
> The following works fine with Client Access, but not TN 5250. What doesn't 
> TN 5250 like about it.  This is run from a command line or from within a CL 
> program. It doesn't fail with an error in TN 5250 it just acts as if it did 
> it and returns to the command line.
>
> STRPCCMD   PCCMD'START 
> http://c2c.demo.activant.com/ctoc/index.jsp?ID=iY1oLYFAMBHd3SFF9DwpAeGZDGzYBBlUZR2FDWREUTUVPOgAA') 
> PAUSE(*NO)
>
> Any ideas. I can't seem to find any documentation about TN5250 and the 
> process I'm trying use.
>
> Steve