How to Access AS400 from Mobile Device, If anyone have idea please give me answer as quick as possible.
2007-03-13 22:45:07 · 2 answers · asked by Shan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
This is pretty easy.
You need a Telnet client. MochaSoft has a 5250 client for CE which I have used (the PC version) in the past. It is not IBM's Client Access, but it will work for what you need.
The Telnet client can be found here: http://www.mochasoft.dk/tn5250ce.htm
The only other consideration is if your mobile device will be allowed to connect to your lan from the internet. Your company's LAN is most likely firewalled. You will need to work with your network admin to find a suitable client to match your VPN gateway.
Lots of luck....happy computing
2007-03-14 16:43:18 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My initial thought on this was to create some XHTML (asp/asp.net) pages accessible by the mobile device. What this then does is call some SOAP or RESTful web services which handle the database transactions on the AS400.
I haven't used an as400 (iSeries) for a while now so I don't know what technologies are available for web services (I think there is a native ODBC driver available). This could be accessed by some asp.net or asp code which then converts the data to HTML to be viewed in the remote device.
Sorry I can't be of much more help and good luck in finding your solution.
2007-03-14 07:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by jools 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋