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From: Mike Cunningham
My process if I were to use FTP was to FTP to the entire directory
of pictures once a day just before running my process.
It sounds like you're experiencing the joys [not] of integrating IBM i and
Windows platforms. Rather than copying files from one server to the other, you
could write a Windows program that scans the directories of interest and updates
file reference fields in an IBM i DB table. Then your RPG program could just
check the existence of a record in a table, rather than check the existence of a
file in a directory.
I have mixed feelings about suggesting that, though. You'd probably be better
off in the long run to migrate your Windows applications over to IBM i, rather
than perpetuate the costs and complexities of the Windows environment.
For example, our Gradebook product enables teachers to toggle the display of
student pictures, while viewing seating charts, and recording attendance:
http://www.radile.com/rdweb/temp/attend4.pdf
We just set the style.backgroundImage of an HTML element to the URL of the
student photo in our RPG application, if it exists on the IFS. Yes, we use IFS
procedures to check file existence, and the Apache based HTTP server to provide
it to the browser. The point that that you don't need Windows to offer these
kinds of applications to your users. That just leads to quandaries and
complexities, and costs like what you're experiencing now.
-Nathan.
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