Hi Robert,
If you're open to commercial solutions, our iSeries Office Integrator may be able to help you in your quest.
Feel free to contact me offline if you want to further discuss your requirements.
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message: 4
date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:49:05 -0500
from: "Robert Ostrowski" <Bob.Ostrowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Green Screen file Attachments
I have been handed the task of finding out if doing file attachments in a green screen application is possible. This has nothing to do with email.
What the powers that be want to do is allow users to press an F key in an RPG program, open a Windows Dialog (or some other dialog), and select a file whether it be a word document, spreadsheet, jpeg image, PDF, or any other file type. Then the file (or the path to the file) would be saved to the IFS, a network server, or physical file depending on how we decide to do this.
I work for a contractor that has several jobs in several states. They want to open a job ticket on the IBM i (version 6.1), hit an F key, and then save/open any documentation, job photos, etc. for that particular job.
I'm not really quite sure if this can done or not. This is the very beginning of me trying to find out if it can or not and any possible ways of doing it. Has (or is) anyone succeeded in doing anything like this or is this just crazy?
Thanks for any suggestions. I think I'm going to go gray at an early age here...
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