Re: Porting SQR to UNIX

[Howard Nelson <76543.2321@compuserve.com>]

Thank you for ALL your comments.

I have thought about using a control table to trigger the report as some have
suggested, but I am also trying to investigate other possibilities.

I have been considering the feasability of using WINSOCK.  I have found a few
products that access winsock through a very simple API, so I could have status
and control sent back to the client instead of having to log everything from
UNIX and then rely on the client to get it back.

Has anyone had any experience doing something similar to this?

Another consideration for me is that we have to copy the output from the UNIX
box to the Novell network, so when the report is finished the client must
initiate a file transfer.  I know there are various means of doing that, by
using a FTP bundled with a TCP/IP product, but our marketplace is such that we
dont want to be tied to a particular product like that, and WINSOCK is vendor
independant. Anyone doing something similar?

Thanks again for the help, any more comments would be appreciated.

Howard Nelson