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<DIV><SPAN class=976244317-18072007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That's
what Guy Werry suggested. While that works, it does not get data to and from the
COBOL program within a QTP request.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Viet Nguyen
[mailto:VNguyen@wsboces.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> July 18, 2007 1:41
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Deskin, Bob<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Usage of cobol program in
QTP<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Why not create sub
file from cobol ?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Deskin,
Bob [mailto:Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:39
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Viet Nguyen; Pandurang
Rajpurohit; powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Joe Boyle<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Usage of cobol program in
QTP</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=blue
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You can,
but there is no connection between the COBOL program and QTP. In other words,
you can't pass data back and forth.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bob</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Viet
Nguyen [mailto:VNguyen@wsboces.org] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> July 18, 2007 1:29 PM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Deskin, Bob; Pandurang Rajpurohit;
powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Joe Boyle<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Usage of cobol program in
QTP</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Why
can’t you do a Shell command like “! cobol.sh” ?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
powerh-l-bounces+vnguyen=wsboces.org@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+vnguyen=wsboces.org@lists.sowder.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Deskin, Bob<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:26
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Pandurang
Rajpurohit; powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Joe Boyle<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Usage of cobol program in
QTP</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You
can't call a COBOL subroutine directly from QTP. There is no equivalent of
QUICK's DO EXTERNAL. There may be other techniques to run a program as a
subprocess but there would be no connection between the COBOL program and
QTP.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->Bob</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Bob Deskin</SPAN></FONT>
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Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=cognos.com@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+bob.deskin=cognos.com@lists.sowder.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Pandurang
Rajpurohit<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> July 18,
2007 9:21 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
powerh-l@lists.sowder.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> Joe Boyle<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Usage of cobol program in
QTP</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello
All,</SPAN></FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any one could suggest how to
make use of cobol program in QTP. </SPAN></FONT><BR><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks
& Regards<BR>Pandurang
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