Re: Is it possible to send a call to the CGI program without

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I guess I need another cup of coffee but let me see if I have this correct:

1) Your IBM i generates a list of data (don't really care what the 
format is) but it is your IBM i that generates it, correct?

2) So next, your IBM i displays that same list of data that originated 
on the system in a web page generated by the system, correct?

3) That page, which was served by your IBM i and contains data from your 
IBM i is then displayed as a web page on an iPad (lets say).  The 
manager goes through the list and checks off (approves) the items that 
are OK to promote and then submits that page for processing on your IBM 
i or does it submit the data for processing elsewhere? (this is the key 
part I am nit understanding)

I am trying to understand where you say the data is being either 
retrieved or submitted to some server/process other than your IBM i.  I 
understand that the list is *presented* on an iPad somewhere on the 
planet, but the data (page)  serving and processing appears to all be 
happening on your IBM i.

Or, did I miss something in the exchange here that indicates some 
processing/serving that doesn't happen on the i ?

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java

On 7/10/2014 2:44 PM, Darryl Freinkel wrote:
> Let me try and clarify this a little more.
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> Firstly thanks for the comments.
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> We use a reporting tool on the AS/400 that displays data only. In this
> instance, there is a list of programs that need permission to be promoted
> into production. The manager will display the list on her screen, iPad or
> cell phone and if she approves it, she will select an approve button, which
> should then call something like a web service to process the approval. The
> button will do a "call" to a CGI program to update the new status. It would
> at that point return a confirmation screen from CGIDEV.
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> Darryl Freinkel
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> Assignment 400 Group, Inc.
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