DO EXTERNAL CALLS - PH PC 8.41D

[Robert Edis]

Joe

I believe Roger is referring to PowerHouse 4GL for
Windows NT/2000/XP not the older and obsoleted
PowerHouse PC product.  It is NOT Axiant but Quick
(green screen), Quiz and QTP that runs in a Windows
environment.

Blue

--- Joe Boyle <atla38@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>  
> 
>  I would appreciate it very much if someone could
> tell me what PH PC is,
> and/or how it differs from Quick for Windows or
> Axiant.
> 
>  
> 
> Regards, Joe. 
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
> [mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com] On Behalf
> Of Roger B. Glayzer
> Sent: 10 February 2005 14:00
> To: Powerhouse Listserver
> Subject: DO EXTERNAL CALLS - PH PC 8.41D
> 
>  
> 
> Fellow Migrators,
> 
>  
> 
> As the HP is headed into the sunset many of us have
> started or will begin to
> port their applications from the HP.
> 
>  
> 
> We have decided to port to the PC using PH PC, as a
> first step, Eloquence
> (for Image compatibility) and a couple of third
> party utilities to
> orchestrate job scheduling and file manipulation.  
> 
>  
> 
> The solution is getting finalized and progressing
> very well....testing has
> already begun.....but there is one item that we
> could use help on in regards
> to using the DO EXTERNAL command.
> 
>  
> 
> We would like to use this command to call Active X
> controls directly.  I see
> in the book (Powerhouse for NT/2000/XP - New
> Features) pg 104, in the
> QDESIGN section, a call to the GetProfileString
> function in Kernel - is
> there anyway to get to these functions without going
> thru a PASCAL or C
> formated routine.
> 
>  
> 
> Does anyone have any examples of code that calls
> Kernel functions / Acitve X
> Controls using the DO EXTERNAL command, directly or
> indirectly.  It would be
> helpful to get some examples regardless of whether
> we can do what we are
> trying to accomplish. Just to get some exposure of
> how others are using it
> would be helpful.  We don't necessarily want to
> struggle through the
> learning curve when someone out there might be
> willing to share their
> experiences and knowledge.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  
> 
> Roger
> 
>