BOS also has a product called LAUNCHER that does a good job of running scripts between the system and the client. You can check it out at:
http://www.bosanova.net/la
Barry
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Browse All TopicsWhat is the easiest way to have my AS/400 launch links externally to AS/400, we use BosaNova for emulation but do not have STRPCCMD installed. We already have a program that will launch to it's own links, I just want to be able to my own custom links.
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BOS also has a product called LAUNCHER that does a good job of running scripts between the system and the client. You can check it out at:
http://www.bosanova.net/la
Barry
Ever tried to launche a program from a webbrowser?
Configure youe apache server and start the page from EI or an other browser with:
HTTP://myas400path/myprog.
The program will run and return a "The page cannot be displayed" if it is finished (unless you returne something wits ERPG :)
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by: tliottaPosted on 2007-01-12 at 18:00:00ID: 18306470
royaltech:
It's not clear what you meann by "...have my AS/400 launch links". Do you want your AS/400 to do the launching or your emulator? What is a link that you'd like to have launched? Are you trying to open web pages in a browser or have executeables called on PCs?
It will always be necessary for the _PC_ to call executeables. You can get your AS/400 to send commands to PCs (or other systems), but it will _always_ be the PC that decides whether or not to accept the command and then to actually run the command. If you haven't configured the PC to do that, then nothing you do with your AS/400 is going to make any difference.
STRPCCMD is an example of a way for an AS/400 to ask a PC to run a command. In order for it to work, the PC must have the proper components installed and must be set up to allow it. If STRPCCMD isn't used (and it probably wouldn't be used much outside of iSeries Access), then you'll need something to replace it.
Usually, the replacement is an rexec server. There is one that can be installed with recent iSeries Access packages; it installs as a service named 'iSeries Access for Windows Remote Command' and can be seen/configured through the Services window. There are others that can be downloaded and installed if you don't already have one. I'm not sure if Windows has one; I haven't seen one.
Your AS/400 would submit remote commands by running the RUNRMTCMD command. Difficulties include setting things up so that userid/password is handled correctly on both the AS/400 and Windows sides, and ensuring that the service is active and running in the right mode on the PC.
Tom