Re: URL in RPG

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My curiosity has gotten he better of me.  What is the purpose of the 
rundll32 part of the command?

Joe D wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> I had similar troubles and it turned out to be an issue with an extra space 
> AFTER FileProtocolHandler.  The extra space would cause the program to run 
> for a few seconds then do nothing.
>
> Look at these two sources:
>  PGM        PARM(&PKG)
>
>  DCL        VAR(&PKG) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(18)
>  DCL        VAR(&CMD) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(255)
>
>  STRPCO
>  MONMSG     MSGID(IWS4010)
>
> /* TWO spaces after FileProtocolHandler */
>  CHGVAR     VAR(&CMD) VALUE('rundll32 +
>               url,FileProtocolHandler  +
>               http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/processI+
>               nputRequest?&tracknum=' *CAT &PKG)
>
>  STRPCCMD PCCMD(&CMD) PAUSE(*NO)
>
>  ENDPGM
>
> ************
>
>  PGM        PARM(&PKG)
>
>  DCL        VAR(&PKG) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(18)
>  DCL        VAR(&CMD) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(255)
>
>  STRPCO
>  MONMSG     MSGID(IWS4010)
>
> /* ONE spaces after FileProtocolHandler */
>  CHGVAR     VAR(&CMD) VALUE('rundll32 +
>               url,FileProtocolHandler +
>               http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/processI+
>               nputRequest?&tracknum=' *CAT &PKG)
>
>  STRPCCMD PCCMD(&CMD) PAUSE(*NO)
>
>  ENDPGM
>
> The version with ONE space works fine.  The version with TWO does nothing 
> after a short delay.
>
> Maybe this was your issue?
> JD