New feature suggestion : Usage of cobol program in QTP

[Deskin, Bob]

I will add this to the list but it won't happen for the next release. I
suspect that the internals will not be as simple as they might seem.
There are also timing issues and the big one - how to handle data
buffers back and forth. The reason I say that is that QTP is not the
same as QUICK in terms of event timing.
 
While this has been requested before, there are other things higher on
the list with less risk and less effort involved.
 
Bob

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Joe Boyle [mailto:atla38 at dsl.pipex.com] 
	Sent: July 18, 2007 2:39 PM
	To: Deskin, Bob
	Cc: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
	Subject: RE: New feature suggestion : Usage of cobol program in
QTP
	
	

	The ability to call a compiled object in as similar manner to
the call to a stored procedure,

	 

	e.g. sql in AXNWIND  call dbo.ORDIDLINEHIGH ( ORDERID OF orders
IN,  t_nextno  out)

	 

	
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	From: powerh-l-bounces+atla38=dsl.pipex.com at lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+atla38=dsl.pipex.com at lists.sowder.com] On
Behalf Of Deskin, Bob
	Sent: 18 July 2007 18:44
	To: Viet Nguyen
	Cc: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
	Subject: RE: Usage of cobol program in QTP

	 

	That's what Guy Werry suggested. While that works, it does not
get data to and from the COBOL program within a QTP request.

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Viet Nguyen [mailto:VNguyen at wsboces.org] 
		Sent: July 18, 2007 1:41 PM
		To: Deskin, Bob
		Subject: RE: Usage of cobol program in QTP

		Why not create sub file from cobol ?

		 

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Deskin, Bob [mailto:Bob.Deskin at Cognos.COM] 
		Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:39 PM
		To: Viet Nguyen; Pandurang Rajpurohit;
powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
		Cc: Joe Boyle
		Subject: RE: Usage of cobol program in QTP

		 

		You can, but there is no connection between the COBOL
program and QTP. In other words, you can't pass data back and forth.

		 

		Bob

			-----Original Message-----
			From: Viet Nguyen [mailto:VNguyen at wsboces.org] 
			Sent: July 18, 2007 1:29 PM
			To: Deskin, Bob; Pandurang Rajpurohit;
powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
			Cc: Joe Boyle
			Subject: RE: Usage of cobol program in QTP

			Why can't you do a Shell command  like "!
cobol.sh" ?

			 

			 

			-----Original Message-----
			From:
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[mailto:powerh-l-bounces+vnguyen=wsboces.org at lists.sowder.com] On Behalf
Of Deskin, Bob
			Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:26 PM
			To: Pandurang Rajpurohit;
powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
			Cc: Joe Boyle
			Subject: RE: Usage of cobol program in QTP

			 

			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.

			Bob

			Bob Deskin 
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			Application Development Tools 
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Behalf Of Pandurang Rajpurohit
				Sent: July 18, 2007 9:21 AM
				To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
				Cc: Joe Boyle
				Subject: Usage of cobol program in QTP

				
				Hello All, 
				
				
				Any one could suggest how to make use of
cobol program in  QTP. 
				
				Thanks & Regards
				Pandurang Rajpurohit,
				
	
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