I don't believe the database drivers have gone away. Just a separate install so you should still be good.
Other .Net style options to modernize your app include:
IBMi ODBC/OLEDB/ADO.Net Drivers as part of above install.
Use JT400 for .Net (Java Toolbox for .Net Compiled with IKVM)
https://www.nuget.org/packages/JT400.78
XMLSERVICE wrapper for .Net (.Net wrapper around SQL, Program and Command calls)
https://www.nuget.org/packages/IbmiXmlserviceStd
Regards,
Richard Schoen
Director of Document Management
e. richard.schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
p. 952.486.6802
w. helpsystems.com
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message: 2
date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 09:22:50 -0400
from: "Jim Hawkins" <jhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: IBM DA400 replacement???
Good morning,
We have a home grown VB application that is heavily used. It somehow ties to
a CAD program but also interacts with the data on our IBM I (data flows in
both directions). Historically the data on the Power system is accessed via
IBM DA400. Historically, DA400 was provided through the old Client Access
product. Now that the end of support has been announced for Client Access
has been announced, we want to start moving toward ACS. In reviewing what I
have been able to find so far in ACS documentation, I don't see DA400
mentioned, so I am guessing that it will no longer be available (hopefully I
am wrong on that). I have no interaction with the application and have not
seen the code, so I don't have a lot to work with from that perspective,
but does anyone have any suggestions on what we might be able to do as a
replacement for IBM DA400?
Regards,
Jim Hawkins
Programmer Analyst
Interkal LLC
Kalamazoo, MI
midrange.com
