Re: Opening an URL from ISPF (was: PCOM Question)

2012-03-22 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) 
In , on 03/21/2012
   at 11:05 AM, Dave Salt  said:

>Using the ISPF Workstation Agent (WSA.EXE).

That can be problematical at some sites. The issues are normally
political rather than technical.

That said, I like that approach where it is permitted.
 
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Re: Opening an URL from ISPF (was: PCOM Question)

2012-03-21 Thread Dave Salt 
> From: shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net
> How do you get access to a browser on a PC from a z/OS application?

Using the ISPF Workstation Agent (WSA.EXE).
 
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Re: Opening an URL from ISPF (was: PCOM Question)

2012-03-21 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) 
In , on 03/20/2012
   at 12:24 PM, Dave Salt  said:

>That URL would then seamlessly open in the users browser.  

How do you get access to a browser on a PC from a z/OS application?
 
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Opening an URL from ISPF (was: PCOM Question)

2012-03-20 Thread Dave Salt 
> >Must you have the format http://etc or could you other formats ?
> >(Thinking of having links with underlined descriptive texts rather than
> >the URL visible.) 

You can do this very easily with SimpList and it works with any emulator (not 
just PCOM). When someone clicks any part of a panel (and regardless of whether 
the panel shows an URL or an underline or nothing at all), your application 
would detect where the user clicked and based on that would execute a single 
line of code that calls SimpList and passes the URL. That URL would then 
seamlessly open in the users browser.  

SimpList is very inexpensive and can be installed in about 20 minutes with no 
special privileges required (e.g. nothing needs to be 
compiled/authorized/link-listed etc). If you have any questions or would like a 
free trial then please contact me offline.
 
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