RE: Accessing DLLs on AS400.

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VARPG has a requirement for a Windows environment.  That is true.  However
when the original request stipulates a .dll I believe we are safely staying
on the ball when we respond with an answer that assumes a Windows
environment is available.

By the way, the PC based tool is Code/400, an IBM product designed as the
preferred tool for the iSeries programmer.  Don't we all use it already?

<soapbox>
I do understand what you are meaning though John.  VARPG is a failed product
  It does all that it promises to do.  It allows competent RPG programmers
to write true Windows applications using existing skills and iSeries data
but so what.  Nearly no one accepts VARPG as a tool for their shop but the
fact is that any shop with a lot of legacy stuff, a love for the iSeries,
and a need to put true Windows  function on some users desks would save a
lot of time and energy if they'd use this tool they already own and
understand.   
</soap box>
 
 
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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Date: 02/01/04 11:14:30
To: 'RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries'
Subject: RE: Accessing DLLs on AS400.
 
That is using a PC to execute a PC based program developed with a PC based
tool.
Let's keep our eye on the ball, here.
 
John Brandt
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Booth Martin [mailto:Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 10:51 AM
To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Accessing DLLs on AS400.
 
 
 Actually Scott it is amazingly easy to write an RPG program that will
compile and be a .dll.
 
 An example is at
 
http://www.martinvt.com/Visual_Age_RPG/Image_Viewer/image_viewer.html
 
(This is an application that displayes an image from a green screen
application.  The image viewer is VARPG program and the image path to load
is sent via dataque.)
 
 
 
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