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Conference abbott::visual_basic

Title:Microsoft Visual Basic
Moderator:TAMARA::DFEDOR::fedor
Created:Thu May 02 1991
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2565
Total number of notes:10453

2487.0. "@ a .COM on the VAX from a VB4 client ???" by FUTURS::MARSHALL1 () Tue Feb 04 1997 11:19

    
    Folks,
    
    	I am working on a VB4 (32-bit) client that needs to interface to
    	data and utilities for a Legacy system on a VAX. The data I can
    	access with no problems whatsoever (although a bit slowly as the
    	data resides in RMS files!). However, the legacy system implements
    	a number of feeder generation programs that the user wishes to
    	be able to run from the PC client. The customer *is not* prepared
    	to fund any redevelopment of these routines as they will be retired
    	soon, but they need to be able to continue running them for the
    	time being.
    
    	The feeder routines are written in VAX-Basic, and are run through 
    	@'ing command files on the VAX. The routines are to continue
    	executing on the VAX.
    
    	Anyone had to implement something like this before ? Any ideas on
    	how this can be done quickly and simply (as it seems as though it 
    	will get thrown soon anyway) ?
    
    
    		Steve
    
    
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2487.1AXEL::FOLEYhttp://axel.zko.dec.comTue Feb 04 1997 17:505

	Did you look at topic 822, found with a "dir/title=".com"?

							mike
2487.2Could't see the wood for the trees!FUTURS::MARSHALL1Wed Feb 05 1997 03:499
    
    Damn,
    
    	I searched for execute, command and others which obviously didn't
    find that note stream. I obviously wasn't thinking straight yesterday.
    Thanks for the pointer.
    
    	Steve
    
2487.3AXEL::FOLEYhttp://axel.zko.dec.comWed Feb 05 1997 10:235

	anytime.. :)

							mike