Re:

[Patrick Townsend <townsend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fred,

There are probably a number of ways to tackle this. IBM has an MQ Series
middleware product that can establish a transaction environment between
the two systems. Runs on lots of platforms including AS/400, NT, and
most flavors of UNIX. You can write your own ILE or C sockets programs.
There are examples floating around this mailing list and the AS/400
usenet group. I think you might be able to find some sample code on the
News/400 site (http://www.news400.com). If you are interested in a
commercial product we have a sockets client/server application. More
information on this at http://www.patownsend.com/prod02.htm.

Patrick

Fred Mitchell wrote:
> 
> I am currently specifying an interface from an AS400 based sales order
> system (JBA) to an external warehousing system.  At the moment, I do not
> know which warehousing system this will be or indeed the platform (AS400, NT
> or Unix).  I have done this before but the difference this time is that the
> interface is to be done interactively, not in batch, in the past I have used
> FTP to send and retrieve files to the remote host.
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion for a possible solution to the problem.  This
> is still at an early stage so I have a good chance of pushing this the way I
> want it to go (AS400).  Whatever the remote host is to be, I am sure it will
> be running TCP/IP so would the use of sockets be the way to go?  If so where
> do I start (RPG preferred).
> 
> TIA,
> 
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> Fred Mitchell
> Newcastle upon Tyne, England
> 
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