Re: Reading data

PHP is shipped with the OS and "can" be preinstalled. It is free and
makes a great solution for presentation while preserving business logic in
RPG, COBOL, etc.

You can always find the most recent distro & PTF's at zend.com site.

Don't walk away from RPG, Add PHP to your toolset!

Regardless of your technology choice, however, get thyself to the browser!

Happy Weekend, everyone!

Mike
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-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 8:55 AM
To: Web Enabling the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Reading data

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.

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