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?
> >>
>