Hi Cortlandt,

Thanks for the feedback.  Until yesterday we had not decided on a product
name. We will update our web site ASAP.  The primary difference between our
product and the other solutions available to the 3000 community is WebAssist
is designed to collaborate with one or more NT/IIS Web Servers.  I have not
looked a QSS's solution for sometime but if I recall correctly the HTML page
content is actually output by the COBOL application program.  Where as, our
solution is based on Microsoft Active Server Pages, which are native to IIS
and provide incredible flexibility.  The ASP's interface with our ActiveX
control which in turn request data from the HPe3k.  The HP programmer is in
TOTAL control of all data base access and HPe3000 related business rules.
Web page presentation is the NT servers responsibility.  This minimized the
performance impact on the HPe3k as well as enables you to integrate HPe3000
data with information from other data sources, at the web page level.

It also provides an easy method of deploying transaction level XML services.

Bob




On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 13:47:49 -0600, Cortlandt Wilson
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Bob,
>
>Re: I just looked at your website at www.robustsystems.com .    I
>didn't see any mention of WebAssist on the site.    Have you been
>studying the secrets of product marketing from HP?
>
>Also, doesn't QSS's toolkit  http://www.qss.com/Sales/Qsdk/pqsdk.htm
>do the same thing?
>
>- Cortlandt
>
>"Bob Hooper" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
>news:39b90b47$1_1@skycache-news.fidnet.com...
>> Our new product WebAssist/3000 is a middle ware solution
>specifically
>> designed for the COBOL (or other 3GL) programmer to easily interface
>with
>> Microsoft NT/IIS/ASP Web Servers.  Please refer to our web site
>> www.robustsystems.com to demo a web browser based HPe3000 student
>> attendance accounting application which we developed for one of our
>clients.
>>
>> Bradmark UK will be distributing the product but have not been
>trained as
>> of yet.  If you have any question please give us a call.
>>
>> Bob Hooper
>> 281-342-2313
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:29:54 +0100, Wilkinson, Mark
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> >Andrew
>> >
>> >I think that you'd have to get down to some *serious* sockets
>programming
>> on
>> >the 3000 to achieve this. You may want to look at ftp as an
>alternative to
>> >the webserver.. just to get the XML data onto the web host.
>> >
>> >I believe there are some prewritten COBOL/sockets routines around
>somewhere
>> >but you'd need to understand the http protocol to effectively post
>data to
>> a
>> >webserver.
>> >
>> >FWIW.. my 0.02 quid's worth.
>> >
>> >Cheers.
>> >
>> >Mark W.
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Andrew Cartledge [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> >> Sent: 08 September 2000 14:25
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Subject: Posting to a URL
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> My brain hurts.
>> >>
>> >> Can somebody tell me if this is possible or just wishful
>thinking.
>> >>
>> >> We have an application with data held in image d/bases.
>> >>
>> >> We work in cobol so alternative languages are non starters.
>> >>
>> >> A third party, who knows little of the 3k (shame on them), is
>> >> developing
>> >> the web site.
>> >>
>> >> We want to post info to their web system.
>> >>
>> >> Can we post via apache to their URL the info required in an
>> >> XML format.
>> >>
>> >> If so, how?
>> >>
>>