RE: Hmmmm.....$1 Billion

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Steve Richter
> 
> I wrote an application which allowed the user to select from a subfile
> and auto task switch to a VB program on the PC, passing the subfile
> data to the VB application.  Then when the user was done in the VB
> program, data and control would return to the green screen subfile.
> I made a good living off of that program!   The problem was that it
> was a dead end.  The green screen subfile screen was locked while the
> user was in the VB application.  The users wanted enhancements, they
> wanted to do work in both the green screen and the VB program, but it
> was technically impossible to do what they wanted.

There are at least two different ways to do this that would all work
perfectly well: you could screen scrape or you could use a data queue
with INVITE.  The problem is not that it can't be done, it's just that
it doesn't work the way you want it to.

Joe