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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:STAR::VATNE
Created:Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3726
Total number of notes:19516

1938.0. "Can VTXX Appl. create windows over network?" by SUOSW3::WAGENBLAST (Abradradra) Mon Dec 18 1989 11:40

	Hi there,

	a customer wants to do the following:

	- He has an application, that normally runs on a VTXX terminal,
	  it does not use any windowing or such stuff
	- The application runs on a cluster of BIG machines
	- He wants to sit at a workstation and invoke a DECnet object on
	  the cluster that starts a procedure that starts his application.
	  No problem up to now.
	- But: he wants this procedure (being started by the DECnet object)
	  to create a VT terminal window on his workstation and run the
	  application there. Remember: the application is VTXX only and 
	  does not open any windows etc. The application can not be changed.

	Can I do this easily using DECwindows functions in any way?

	Just a christmas wish from
					Thomas Wagenblast
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1938.1this can be doneHUSQY::LASTOVICATime to cross the wild meridianTue Dec 19 1989 02:001
    how about this DECnet task command procedure doing a CREATE/TERM?
1938.2Is my VMS too old?SUOSW3::WAGENBLASTAbradradraTue Dec 19 1989 06:038
    Thank you, but VMS (5.1-1) did not accept CREATE/TERM, and it is
    not in HELP. No one at our site knows it.
    
    - Is it only in newer versions? If yes, starting with which one?
    - Can I issue it from a machine that is no workstation? 
    - Must there be any special processes or logicals to do that?
    
    Thomas Wagenblast
1938.3STAR::MCLEMANJeff McLeman, VMS DevelopmentTue Dec 19 1989 07:071
Create/Terminal did not appear until V5.3
1938.4See V5.1-1 Release NotesRWCVAX::COULSONRoger Coulson - SASE(MSESU) DTN 223-6158Tue Dec 19 1989 14:5212
    For VMS V5.1-1 see section 3.1.* in the VMS Version 5.5-1 Release
    Notes.  It contains a source program(in C) and instructions on how to do 
    the equivalent of a CREATE/TERMINAL command.  I used it for a long time 
    before the CREATE/TERMINAL command was available.
    
    The best procedure is to submit a command file to batch which creates a
    detached process.  On the RUN /DETACH command use the /AUTHORIZE switch 
    and make sure the account's parameters and quotas in the SYSUAF are
    correct for DECwindows.
    
    	/S/	ROGER
    
1938.5<<< GREAT !!! >>>SUOSW3::WAGENBLASTAbradradraFri Dec 22 1989 02:323
    Thanks a lot for your help, that does the trick!
    
    I wish you all a merry christmas and a happy new year.