Sockets/400

ANTCPack. How often did you need to write an application on the AS/400 in COBOL or RPG to perform socket communications but you stumbled into complex API's or C programming, so you had to either give it up or implement it through some PC gateway ?

Well, you do not have to do this anymore because Sockets/400 provides you with the perfect means to do just what you need: call a program, pass a few parameters and it all works without fail. Even in CL ! Take a quick glance at the block diagram to get a first impression of how simple it all is.

The ANTCPack package is the part of the I-box suite which deals with Sockets programming for AS/400, iSeries, i5. You may purchase and implement it as stand alone modules. In fact you may even have any one of the modules, one at a time, according to your evolving needs (see our customer support site for downloads).

Sockets/400 includes three main modules or programs: a client, a server and a conversion program. It also comes with a lot of examples and "half baked" solutions to help you get started with your project.

ANClient is the ready to use iSeries TCP Client. ANClient allows an HLL language program ( COBOL, RPG or CL) to initiate and mange a communication session with a TCP server. The server may be running on any operating system (iSeries, Unix, MF, Windows, Linux). Programming is minimal and involves calling a program (ANClient) with a few parameters. The effort goes only in the logic of managing the conversation with the server. Possible applications are endless in the world of the TCP communication: machines on the production and warehouse floor, devices within and outside the organization, on-line integration with customers and clients and much, much more. The advantageof a client based solution is that it does not compromise the security of your organization.

ANServer is an out-of-the-box TCP server for the iSeries. The ANServer supports up to 99 concurrent users. Any number of servers (instances of ANServer) may be run in parallel. Each instance may be configured for a different task at hand. ANServer is run by a CALL command from the command line or from an HLL (normally a CL). The parameters passed to it define the environment and Run requirements. ANServer is generic and will satisfy the requirements of any TCP client application. On the other hand ANServer is very flexible and makes possible any TCP application where a TCP client initiates a TCP session.

ANConvert is a powerful and easy to use data conversion program for the iSeries which will convert from any CCSID to any other: not just EBCDIC to ASCII and back but between any two CCCSID's supported by your system. You will do this from within your COBOL, RPG or CL program so you will be able to develop any conversion solution you envisage.

Take a brief look at this sketch and see the simplicity and power of our ANTCPack offering:

Fig. No.1 - Block Diagram of the ANTCPack TCP/IP (Socket) Programing Package for the AS/400, iSeries, i5

EAI Solutions

AS/400 , iSeries, i5: Windows:

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