RE: STRPCCMD

[CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Jeffery,

I don't think you're following what the original poster wants.

He has a green screen program running in a 5250 session and he want the user
to be able to hit a F-key and have a web browser open on the PC with the UPS
tracking info for the given packages.

iSeries web server has nothing to do with what the original poster wants to
do.

However, you've given me an another idea. (or perhaps this is something
similar to what you were trying to say ;-)

Instead of opening the PC browser directly to the tracking site, the RPG
program could build a static temporary web page with a redirect to the
appropriate UPS URL then use STRPCCMD to open the browser to the local
webpage just created by the RPG program.

Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Lee [mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 2:38 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: STRPCCMD
> 
> 
> What you could do if you have a webserver running on the 
> as400 is make a
> cgi page to handle dynamic links.
> 
> I would set it up this way:
> 
> if you have 5 shipments that you want clickable tracking numbers for
> user Bob you could make a file to accept some variable like
> http://www.think-solutions.com/tracking.cgi?username=bob
> which would then take the username bob and show the 5 tracking numbers
> in a table or list.
> 
> 1Z...
> 1Z...
> 1Z...
> 1Z...
> 1Z...
> 
> each as links. You could have your program write these numbers to a PF
> file that the cgi program would read. Each record could be named that
> users name so it would be setup like this:
> BOB
> tnum1 = 1Z...
> tnum2 = 1Z...
> etc.
> 
> then when the cgi program reads that file it could take each variable
> and use it to create the links.
> 
> This is a little vague but I think I could be more specific 
> if you need
> me to be. I am new at RPG programming so my coding looks a little more
> like php than rpg but I know something like this would work.
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-07-07 at 12:33, CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Only thing I could think of would be to create a batch file 
> that accepts the
> > 5 tracking numbers
> > 
> > You could put the batch file on a server, that way you 
> won't need it on each
> > PC.  The strpccmd then becomes
> > \\server\share\trackups.bat xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx 
> xxxxxxxxxx
> > xxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > the batch file can then be:
> > 
> > start http:\\www.ups.com\tracking\......
> > 
> > whatever it needs.
> > 
> > Depending on how the UPS web site handles the URL when you 
> pass less than 5
> > tracking numbers, you might have to do some additional work 
> in your batch
> > file to find the parms that are empty.
> > 
> > 
> > Other option:
> > The newer 5250 emulators can recognize a web URL and create 
> a hotspot for
> > it.  Haven't used this myself, but you might be able to use this
> > functionality instead of STRPCCMD.  Your users would need 
> to use the mouse
> > to click the URL hotspot on the green screen.
> > 
> > HTH,
> > Charles
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:56 AM
> > > To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: STRPCCMD
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I am writing a program that will allow users to view UPS's  
> > > tracking system
> > > on the web from a RPGIV program. I have been successful when 
> > > there has been
> > > only one tracking number. I use the STRPCCMD command to 
> initiate the
> > > process. However, when trying to use multiple tracking 
> > > numbers the PCCMD
> > > parameter exceeds 123 characters and the program 
> > > malfunctions. Has anyone
> > > had any kind of experience with this and can tell me how to 
> > > possibly get
> > > around this problem?  Thanks.
> > >  
> > > Gary Fraser
> > > IS Manager
> > > Peerless-Winsmith Inc.
> > > (716) 592-9310 x527
> > > fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >  
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