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I am new to AS400. I have a following project:
We are Kitchen cabinetry manufacturer. Distributors sitting outside of our network are using a proprietary CAD software on Windows PCs. When they are done with their CAD design, they launch a utility that allows them to export their item list along with another necessary information to an XML file. That XML file gets loaded into another Windows based program where they do additional data finessing that initially will become a Purchase Order.
Next step is where we have a problem. How to get that data to us and in what format?
We have iSeries 5.4 on our AS400 with WebSpehere. How do I transfer data to AS400? Do I have to create an FTP server, and then create a tunnel through my firewall? In that case, how do I create an FTP server on iSeries? If not, what are other ways of doing this?
Do, I send the data in XML format and have a programmer work with it?
If you can shed some light, that would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you
I am new to AS400. I have a following project:
We are Kitchen cabinetry manufacturer. Distributors sitting outside of our network are using a proprietary CAD software on Windows PCs. When they are done with their CAD design, they launch a utility that allows them to export their item list along with another necessary information to an XML file. That XML file gets loaded into another Windows based program where they do additional data finessing that initially will become a Purchase Order.
Next step is where we have a problem. How to get that data to us and in what format?
We have iSeries 5.4 on our AS400 with WebSpehere. How do I transfer data to AS400? Do I have to create an FTP server, and then create a tunnel through my firewall? In that case, how do I create an FTP server on iSeries? If not, what are other ways of doing this?
Do, I send the data in XML format and have a programmer work with it?
If you can shed some light, that would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you
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