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  3. February 2007

URL in RPG

There was a thread last week regarding how to pull up a web site from within an RPG program. The basic process was summarized as: 


CMD        PROMPT('Launch Browser')

PARM       KWD(URL) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(90) MIN(1) +
          EXPR(*YES) PROMPT('URL to launch')


PGM  PARM(&URL)

    DCL VAR(&CMD) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(123)
    DCL VAR(&URL) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(90)

    STRPCO PCTA(*NO)
    MONMSG IWS4010

    CHGVAR VAR(&CMD) +
    VALUE('rundll32 url,FileProtocolHandler ' *BCAT &URL)

    STRPCCMD PCCMD(&CMD) PAUSE(*NO)

ENDPGM
However, it keeps barfing with a Windows dialog box titled "RUNDLL" with the message: "Error in URL Missing entry: FILEPROTOCOL HANDLER".I ran debug over it and the &URL field is initialized.
I, also, ran a sample program that Scott (I think) put up to test whether or not one had the necessary tools on the workstation: 


PGM
        STRPCO
        MONMSG IWS4010
        STRPCCMD PCCMD('start http://www.midrange.com') +
                 PAUSE(*NO)
   ENDPGM
This worked fine.
This seemed like such a neat idea, when I read it. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? 


Thanks.

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