At 12:35 PM 10/15/02, Mark wrote: >On Tuesday 15 October 2002 06:50 am, Richard is done writ: > > > I've been given a little challenge by my boss which I'm kinda hoping one of > > you kinda people can help me with. We need to capture some data from a > > AS/400 system held centrally. The data can only be exported by way of a > > print job from the AS/400 which prints it through a server not > controlled by > > us to a jet direct print server using port 9100 instead of the traditional > > LPR/LPD Mechanism. I need to find a way to substitute a pc for the print > > server so the jobs can be dumped to a text file on the hard disk of the > > machine. ><snip> >Seems to me that you ought to be able to write it to a disk file, and then >transfer it over your network. I've only done a tiny bit of CL, but I should >think that you could reroute the o/p to a file. > >Now, keep in mind that the only time I worked with an AS/400 was 1987-8, but >you might also dig into the manuals, and see if they've added some stuff that >was part of CICS...pcsup...can't remember, but it wasn't too hard to write a >CICS app, no screen, that would accept access from the pc, and select a >bunch of data on the fly, and d/l it. > > mark
You mixing mainframes here - CICS was part of MVS systems, I don't think it was available on the AS/400 - I think you started to say PC-Support - the AS/400 terminal emulation software that provides several options for getting data from AS/400 to PC; including: - interactive file transfer, - AS/400 can be PC network file server, - interactive query tool that generates SQL. Just have the print job directed to a print queue for which no real printer exists. Then go look in the appropriate library on the AS/400 and download the report file. I seem to remember it being that simple (1992-3 for me). Or, configure PC-Support to be the printer the AS/400 wants and then do not actually have a printer on that port (say LPT3, for example) - your PC will then have the file in a spool directory somewhere. Frank -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
