Re: Access SOCKETS API from RPG

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:20 PM 5/23/99 , you wrote:
>I want to establish communication between as400 and some other server. I 
>am planning to do this by developing a API in ILE 'c'. as i 
>am  comfortable with RPG i prefer to develop in RPG.

Perfect use.

>Our client suggested to develop in ILE 'c' because only ILE 'c' supports 
>Sockets programming.Is it true? if so please give me suggestion. And also 
>please give me some examples it will be helpfull for me.

Nothing could be further from the truth... it's a bit harder to implement 
sockets calls in RPG, but certainly possible.

There's a very good example of RPG sockets programming in a very recent 
issue of News/400 (within the last 3 months).  I suggest you check that out.

The OS/400 Sockets Programming manual isn't much help for RPG programming, 
but it's a good reference for the formats you need to use.

Finally, as you develop your code, talk to us (the folks in RPG400-L)... 
there are a number of sockets experts and people who have implemented 
sockets code in RPG (like myself).  We'll be happy to answer questions.

david



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