Re: Can PowerBuilder run remote shell commands?

Posted in 1995

Andy Sirotta — Thu, 11 May 1995 00:09:41 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

siva@hogpe.ho.att.com (-S.POTHIREDDY) wrote: >Hello, >We are thinking of using PowerBuilder as an end user tool for Informix 5.01 >on-line server. We have some users also want to run shell scripts in the >Unix server side with same tool. Is it possibly to provide this kind of >functionality with the PowerBuilder or with some external application >developed with Visual Basic (or some other tool) and integrated into >PowerBuilder. >I am wondering if there is any other tool in the market that provides the >features of PowerBuilder and running remote command fecility. >Please let me know if you have any ideas. >Thanks in advance. >Siva Pothireddy >AT&T We are using powerbuilder to kick off commands on our unix hosts runing Informix 5.03.uc7 by executing a stored procedure which in turns calls a unix command (via the Informix system command). Caution: there is a bug in some earlier versions of online in regards to system command.