Re: Can you tell if you are running 5250 from a CL program?

Joe

I don't know that I can quite go along with your assertion, that it is necessary to know whether your native IO is being "handled". It kind of goes against the whole idea of Open Access: RPG - to have a transparent means to work with non-tradtitional data sources and hardware. The handlers are called by the normal RPG runtime, and one major point is, you don't have to change anything, other than a keyword, in order for your code to work with something like a browser or an Excel workbook.

I do agree, Tom should go to ASNA to resolve this. I know that an issue of not having a device associated with a lookSoftware browser rendering of an app on i was resolved quickly by them when a mutual customer needed the change. These are all companies that will work with customers, so far as I can tell.

This list is maybe the last place to ask vendor-specific questions, especially at the beginning of the use of this new technology. Not enough of us are using these things yet, for there to be a community base of knowledge.

Vern

On 9/17/2011 9:09 AM, Joe Pluta wrote:

Sorry to hear that, Tom. Every company that provides an OA handler
should provide an API to identify whether or not you're running under
OA. It's just common sense (and common courtesy). An API like the one
I outlined in the earlier post is very easy to implement. Maybe you
could ask ASNA nicely to implement it? :)

Joe

I do not have control over the OA hander.

It appears there is no easy way to do this from the posts and research done.


Tom Deskevich