OK... I have read and read and still having a problem....How the H can
you FTP from inside of MVbase without using another software program?

spayne (AT) jitservices (DOT) com wrote in news:1171550667.104469.133040
@v45g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:

Assuming "inside of mvBase" means from within a BASIC program, can't you
simply shell out and execute any OS-level command, i.e. ftp?

Regards,
Joe

As with *.nix systems, one can write a BASIC program to build data string,
execute FTP commands within that program passing the prpoer parameters
<spayne (AT) jitservices (DOT) com> wrote

spayne wrote:
If you want to connect to a remote server directly from mvBASE using
the (RFC 959) File Transfer Protocol, then you're going to need to
write your own code. Given mvBASE limitations I don't think that will
be possible. Check with RD, this might be a v5 feature (doubt it)

If you just want to build a block of data and FTP it out then the way
I do it is:

App Builds block >
BASIC wrapper accepts block >
Determine platform,
Call to platform-specific function on phantom
Wait for results
Pass back results to app

Obviously the same process is invoked for retrieving data via FTP from
other sites.

Even though I'm checking for the platform, if the code is going to be
ported between operating systems I'll recommend "curl" be loaded to
the host OS. This keeps the server consistent too, in case someone
wants to get under the covers. Otherwise you have the Windows FTP
client here and some platform-specific FTP client there... It's a real
headache, especially if someone suddenly says "oh yea, now it needs to
be encrypted". curl uses OpenSSH for encryption so it's not a
problem.

As always, if anyone is interested I can provide a BASIC wrapper that
will allow you to exchange data with any system via FTP, from any MV
environment, without dealing with underlying protocols. I get
frustrated seeing so many people beat their heads against walls
looking for solutions to problems that were solved so long ago, but
that seems to be the nature of this market.

Regards,
T
TG@ removethisNebula-RnD.com

Tony Gravagno once wrote in <af1at2daaj501ek8923ockoei3bg97vcpl (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>
....
mvBase v5? You don't mean they're upgrading it? Have I missed something
whilst I've been under a stone for the last several years?

This could be my lucky day!
--
David Morris

David Morris wrote:

Shoot, maybe I meant v3, not 5.

A statement was made in public by an RD employee recently which
indicates mvBASE is not dead but that a new release will be announced
at Spectrum. Let's not trump their hand with too much supposition, we
should wait for them to make their official announcements. But I
think it's a fair bet that you mvBASE folks aren't going to be sent an
"End of Life" notice as soon as I thought.

T

Tony Gravagno once wrote in <438dt214cq0ok7hkeo6nj4mtj65lhmr6c3 (AT) 4ax (DOT) com>
....
I'll admit I'm surprised and pleased if a new release is the case. As an
end-user site, we're migrating off our in-house mv systems as our parent
company rolls out Oracle ERP over then next three/ four years. An
improvement in mvBase will tide us over quite nicely until that time
where a migration to another mv platform wouldn't be either economically
or resource viable.

I can only imagine the nice things we may get as a result of this!

When is Spectrum?

--
David Morris

Spectrum is March 6th-9th in beautiful Long Beach, CA.

I don't know this for a fact but it is my understand the new mvBase
release will be more like version 2.1 rather than 3.0.

Dick

On Feb 18, 2:52 am, David Morris <d... (AT) brassedoff (DOT) net> wrote:

Thiot once wrote in <1171901114.530286.116480 (AT) m58g2000cwm (DOT) googlegroups.c
om>...
My VAR account manager has just said that as well.

--
David Morris