Calling .R's from COM Component

[Vince]

Hello!

Has anyone had expereince in calling Progress programs (.R's as I've come to find out) from a COM component (or VB or simular)?

I am doing a integration project where I would like to call existing .R's in an ERP system from COM. If possible, I would like to call them "in a function like mannor" where I could make the call, pass arguments, get results, etc.

The progress version is 8.3 but I could compile the .P's to version 9.

Any ideas? Thoughts?

Thanks,
-Vince

 

[bColl]

Hi,

I think that what you are looking for still exist. Have not you heared nothing about Open App Server.
App Server is the N/Tiers Serevr sold by Progress. It allows you to call remote methods on the lan.

Open App Server is some stuff that allows you to call remote methods from VB or Java.

If you don't want to use this. You can also do it yourself with v9.

Under some limitationss, it is possible if all the .r are used by a signe client on its PC.

Call me back for more informations.