Re: Emulating STRPCCMD

[Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@xxxxxxxxx>]

Richard,

Since this is for software that my company will be selling, a 3rd-party
option isn't a go - we have to do it ourselves (even if it means
reinventing the wheel).

Rory


On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 6:07 AM, Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Rory,
>
> Vern already mentioned our iSeries Office Integrator product.  We can
> easily provide a plug compatible wrapper command for STRPCCMD if you are
> open to commercial solutions, but you mentioned that's not an option.
>
> Let us know if you can't find another way to resolve it and we can
> definitely help you out.
>
> It all comes down to having a valid business need with an ROI attached to
> it or writing your own sockets code on the i and the PC.  Time and Effort
> or Dollars.  It's a tradeoff :-)
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
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>
> message: 5
> date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:12:20 -0800
> from: Rory Hewitt <rory.hewitt@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: Emulating STRPCCMD
>
> Vern,
>
> The thing is, I need to be able to get this to work exactly the same as
> STRPCCMD. Basically, I can't touch the program code, so I need to have a
> command called STRPCCMD (in a library higher than QSYS, obviously) which
> will do the *exact* same thing as STRPCCMD...
>
> Commercial solutions are not an option, sadly.
>
> Rory
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
> > Rory
> >
> > <verndor-response>
> > If you are open to a commercial offering, we have the Office
> > Integrator product that can be used to run commands on a PC from the
> > command line of the i. An app on the PC has to be run to receive the
> > requests - there is an enhancement that will work slightly
> > differently, on its way pretty soon.
> >
> > Call 888.rjs.soft toll-free or email me or Richard, who is also on
> > these lists - or email sales.rjssoftware.com </verndor-response>
> >
> > Vern
> >
> > On 12/10/2012 5:19 PM, Rory Hewitt wrote:
> > > All,
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of a way that I can emulate the behavior of STRPCCMD?
> > >
> > > I know that STRPCCMD sends a 'hidden' screen to the emulator that
> > contains
> > > some control characters, followed by the actual command to be run,
> > > and
> > the
> > > emulator then executes that command.
> > >
> > > I have access to the 5250 data-stream but my 'emulator' (actually a
> > > data-stream parser which displays the screen in the browser) is not
> > > able
> > to
> > > run STRPCCMD. I would like to be able to 'recognize' the hidden
> > > screen
> > > (easy) and then invoke some processing to execute the same
> > > functionality
> > as
> > > is executed by STRPCCMD. Is this possible, perhaps using a socket to
> > > run
> > a
> > > command on the PC?
> > >
> > > I've posted this in the RPG400-l list as the software will most
> > > likely be written using RPG...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Rory