now, so I would think that Samba would work, too... I've never had a problem getting files to/from the '400, even when they were just using PC/Support and old Client Access. Of course, ODBC is also available, though the last time I really used it, it was slow.

The XML feature is interesting. Suggests that db and query exports from the '400 might be more useful when exported to other machines.

The AS/400 FTP server implements the RCMD
command, which allows a logged-in user to execute AS/400 commands via the FTP
client

Sounds a little dangerous, to me. Isn't FTP authentication plaintext? Still, no worse than smb access to DB files.

We run the DSPFFD command and redirect the output to a file in QTEMP,
then retreive this file and build a file layout in memory on the fly.

This is actually pretty easy to do - I've written utilities that do similar things myself.

Still, interesting.

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What  I  would like is something that would allow me to develop without a '400. (and California Software's Baby/400 has some nasty pitfalls, as well as being out of reach for me, financially). I made a choice, you see. I could have bought a '400 for $1200 from an old client, or I could have bought a motorcycle.

VROOM!

Even though I would have really liked to have owned my own '400, you'd have a hard time convincing me I made the wrong choice...

*grin* I'm just not above wanting to have my cake and eat it, too.

has a product that can do it... So IBM should be able to manage it.

Don't really ever expect it to happen. Ah, well.