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Calling webservices from within openVms/DCL/or Language

Jason Hartley — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:40:59 GMT

We have a legacy VMS system running our inhouse powerhouse system.

We will also have a .NET document management/workflow system sitting on a NT box somewhere on the LAN.

It's possible that when someone runs a powerhouse program we will want to (from the alpha/vms box) update the workflow .NET system via Webservices.

Can this be done? Is there a third party package or some new vms system services that allows this?

Many thanks in advance

Jason.

Re: Calling webservices from within openVms/DCL/or Language

Wim Van den Wyngaert — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:14:33 GMT

You can always use RSH or REXEC or SSH to execute programs (that update the workflow) on the NT.

Wim

Re: Calling webservices from within openVms/DCL/or Language

Ian Miller. — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:21:42 GMT

many things are possible given enough time and money. e.g. the .Net client for VMS from MVP systems might be useful.

Re: Calling webservices from within openVms/DCL/or Language

Chris Barratt — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:36:57 GMT

you may be interested in this thread on comp.os.vms group...

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/browse_frm/thread/4c0c6344191620c3/723201b67bf6006c?lnk=st&q=gsoap+openvms&rnum=1#723201b67bf6006c

There are some people looking at using GSoap for this.

Regards,
Chris

Re: Calling webservices from within openVms/DCL/or Language

Robert Atkinson — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:43:05 GMT

You could hook up a DCL command to run PHP, which is more than capable of running Web services.

Rob.