Re: Open Access RPG

On 8/13/2012 1:22 PM, Gqcy wrote:

I have the PTF applied (SI45903).

Is there an example program (programs) that can showoff the product?
(maybe a little more than "hello world" in a browser???j)

Here's some small samples. Probably not what you were expecting. They are only intended to demonstrate the linkage between the RPG program and the handler. They don't anything exciting, and for sure they don't do anything as gigantic as "hello world" in a browser. ("hello world" vs a "real" browser application is similar to a non-paved bridge vs a paved bridge. There's no such thing as a little starter bridge that anyone can quickly build and try.)

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/We13116a562db_467e_bcd4_882013aec57a/page/Open%20Access%20samples

Open Access doesn't contain any function for putting content in a browser, or for doing anything else. It only _enables_ getting to that function using RPG I/O opcodes.

Basically, Open Access is just a conduit that passes I/O data between the RPG program and a "handler". It is the handler that does things like show "hello world" in a browser, and Open Access doesn't contain any handlers.

Another way to look at it is that it turns I/O opcodes into a call to your handler. Then it's the handler that does _all_ the magic like connecting to a browser or accessing a remote database or working with a data queue. Open access just makes it super-easy to call the handler.