Re: Reading data

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

C# is not on the i - PHP requires installing some stuff - Java & C++ are 
about the only languages on a recent list that are "native".

Why push back against using RPG? (I know, you didn't specifically do 
that, you suggested using something else.) Lots of developers already 
know this language, and it's the standard language on the box.

Give them nice tools or frameworks like CGIDEV2 or Renaissance and let 
them at it - HTML is only text, after all, so anything can be done that 
can be done with any other platform.

JMHO
Vern

On 1/18/2013 7:48 AM, Glenn Hopwood wrote:
> Booth,
>
> Why limit yourself to RPG? There are multiple, well supported, free
> options. Just see the periodic 'best language' conversations on this list.
>
> Glenn
>
> On 1/17/2013 7:34 PM, Booth Martin wrote:
> > First, this is a very simplistic request.  I admit to being flummoxed as
> > to how to get started.
> >
> > Then some background:  I want to stay within the confines of what IBM
> > provides with the base midrange package.  I know there a lot of various
> > third party tools, but I want to stay with the solutions provided by
> > IBM.  My reasoning is simple:  I want a solution that any RPG programmer
> > can build, on his machine, without having to talk his bosses into
> > spending more money for extras.
> >
> > Where I am at:  I have built a web site on the Apache server where I can
> > serve up static reports generated in RPG and then published as HTML in
> > the IFS.   Here is a screen shot.
> > http://www.martinvt.com/Ice_Cream_Project/Ice_Cream__HTML_/ice_cream__html_.html
> > http://tinyurl.com/a5e7o9e
> >
> > What I believe is the next baby step: I would like to add a flavor to
> > the physical file from a web page.  Perhaps edit/delete, too, if that is
> > a small step.  But I do not understand the process very well.  In the
> > end I want to have the ability to add an image for the flavor, too.
> >
> > Any comments are welcome.  I am hoping I can make the Ice Cream Project
> > as a beginners guide for RPG programmers.   "Keep it Simple" is the key
> > phrase.
> >
> > Thank you.