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> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: IBM SPEAK TO HP3000 SPEAK
> Date: Thursday, October 24, 1996 11:34 AM
>
>      Greetings,
>
>      I am hoping that there are IBM-type people on this list who can
>      translate something for me to the MPE world.  A coworker of mine who
>      is familiar with IBM but not very familiar with MPE wants to do the
>      following (which is in IBM) speak:
>
>      Have CICS waiting for a message and when a transaction is received
>      then a certain series of actions is taken.  Since CICS is aware of
>      where these transactions is coming from it can then send a message
>      back to the transmitter of the message.
>
>      Specifically, he would like a person to dial into our system and
>      submit a transaction (most likely a request for data) and have the
>      system automagically do the following:
>      1. Accept the transaction which contains a transaction code and the
>         selection criteria for the search.
>      2. Recognize the transaction code and the selection criteria.
>      3. Search the image database for the data and retrieve it.
>      4. Return the data back to the submitter.
>      5. Ofcourse all of this should only take a matter of seconds.
>
>      We have a meeting with and HP engineer early next month and we would
>      like to be able to atleast know what we are asking for.   Also I am
>      sure there are third party (or even HP) packages that could do this
>      easily for us I believe this is something we would like to try on
our
>      own (but recommendations for third party products are not
unwelcome).
>
>      If I can add that I do believe the place we may have to start is
with
>      message files but if anyone can give any more help along this line
it
>      would be appreciated.
>
>      My apologies for the vagueness of this posting but this is an area
of
>      the 3000 I have no experience in.
>
>      Thanks in Advance for your assistance,
>
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