Re: form 4 communications
Date: 1996/06/06
Message-ID: <4p59s6$6g7_at_gossamer.itmel.bhp.com.au>#1/1
In article <DsHzJo.65D_at_cix.compulink.co.uk>, dmurphya_at_cix.compulink.co.uk ("Dave Murphy") says:
>
>Can forms 4 communicate with other software? To clarify, I need to link
>forms 4 to 3270 emulator. AFAIKS it doesn't, so I need to communicate
>with a middle layer. This could be a 4 gl I know of that dos the
>necessary comms, or to something else. Question is, can forms
>communicate with other software (In know it can call 'c' code, so that
>would also be a route).
>
>Oh, the client is a Windows NT machine.
>
>Reason for the strange connection is that a client is migrating from old
>MVS systems to Oracle database, but it is being done as a slow migration,
>rather than a rapid revolution, so they need to access Oracle and MVS
>databases at the same time. The long term interest is Oracle only.
I'm not familiar with your specific 3270 app, but try the following:
- the HOST built-in - DDE calls (see F45 help and search on DDE) - ORA_FFI calls (ditto)
HIH
Lee
Lee Levy, ISSD Technical Dream Team, Del Code (34) BHP Information Technology, ACN 006 476 213 PO Box 261, Warrawong, NSW 2502, Australia PH: +61 42 75-5485 Fax: -5500 Tie: 8855- Internet : levy.lee.ls_at_bhp.com.au
Opinions expressed are mostly my own, so give me some credit. Received on Thu Jun 06 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST