Re: RPG Code on the NET -- RPG400-L

Frank,

Whoa... don't give up so soon.

I've tried hosting a site but my ISP doesn't want me to have it on my machine, 
they want it on
theirs (for a fee).

I recently had a request for a /COPY interface and callable for a OPNQRYF front 
end.  Just
this week I got my ducks in a row and learned how many home-grown dependent 
commands are in
this package.

So I had to back track and create a separate package of the dependent modules. 
My alternative
was to gut a working black box and hope that what I put out to public would 
actually work.

What I thought would be a simple usable plug-in turned into a library of
commands/screens/programs. Whew! <g>

Some have requested no load modules, source only.  We have to support V3R2 OPM 
so that's what
I'm offering.

I would really like to put at least three functions out for public consumption:

1) Pop-up window with progress bar (like a netscape download shows) for an 
interactive process
that takes some time.
2) A two line Fxx key string that is built on the fly and allows for F24 to 
switch contents.
3) An OPNQRYF record selection that mimics the RUNQRY record selection.

Just as a side note, I've never found any code, in any publication (from Q38 
on), or TAATOOLS
usable "as is".  At best, they've been a learning tool to create a function 
within context of
the environment.

And that, IMO, is the hold back on black boxes for the AS400.  They were 
written within
context of their environment.

Even that aside, my personal project in the new millennium is to find functions 
that I can
share.  For whatever they're worth.

What's in it for me?  Maybe a buck or two.  Who cares.  I already have enough 
money. <g>

What the heck, I might even write a book! =;-}


Frank Kolmann wrote:

> "R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@ibm.net> wrote:
> >
> > Problem is, I am not prepared to ship product or support it. I mentioned
> > the routines as a design guideline and not an offer of supply.
> > With the API's book open, any programmer worth their salt can produce
> > the same thing in less than one day.
> >
>
> My experiment with publishing source code on the NET as FREE SOFTWARE has
> resulted in zero offers to put source code from others on the NET.
> I am going to terminate the page.
>
> The questions of SUPPORT, SUPPLY, WARRANTY, COPYRIGHT, COPYLEFT, LIABILITY all
> in the end devolve to 'what's in it for me'.
>

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