Re: Invoking RPG program from a web page -- RPG400-L

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> 2) You could write a (fairly complicated) CGI script that would
>    actually log onto your AS/400, run the program, and parse the
>    results -- converting them to the format you wanted.   This would
>    almost certainly be more work than rewriting your inquiry from
>    scratch.

A few months ago I saw a demo of Seagull's TransIdiom doing exactly this.
It wraps the whole thing up in an XML scheme, an ActiveX component and
(IIRC) a Java Bean.  It might just be what is needed in this case.

Joep Beckeringh



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