RE: Calling a program without knowing the parms

> Is there any way I can call a program from a program without knowing what 
> the second (called) programs name or parameters are at the time I write the 
> first (calling) program. I need to get any parameters back from the second 
> program into the first program.
> 
> What I am trying to do is write one sockets program that will run on the 
> AS/400 and run a program that was passed to it from a PC and then pass the 
> results to the PC. The pc will format the call and strip out the returned 
> parameters.
> 
> It is my understanding the QCMDEXEC and Run remote command (ftp) will not 
> return parameters.
> 
> I have not used ILE very much so it maybe easier then I think. I can write 
> the sockets program it is just the part of calling the second program that 
> I need to know how to handle.
> 

I suppose the program passing information to the socket program must know the
number and types of the parameters.

Perhaps if you generate a CL program, rexx procedure or python program, you
may pass the parameters back to your socket program in some way.

You still need to tell the socket program which parameters return values that
you are interested in.


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