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The following sample programs are available to help develop Windows applications using Visual Basic Script. The programs require that the IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows Application Package be installed first. The Programmer's toolkit is part of that client installation.
ActiveX automation objects
- vbsallob.exe – Visual Basic Script sample using the IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows automation objects.
This Visual Basic Script sample uses the IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows automation objects to perform the following:
- Retrieve the list of IBM i systems which have previously been connected
- Specify a new IBM i to access
- Retrieve information about an IBM i, such as the: IP address, host version and release levels, password expiration date, number of active connections, etc.
- Call an IBM i API to retrieve a list of user libraries on the server
- Call an IBM i API to retrieve a list of data queues in a library
- Create and delete libraries
- Create and delete data queues
- Query the attributes of data queues
- Send and receive data using data queues
- Convert strings and numeric data between host and PC formats
- Retrieve information about the IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows Application Package code installed on the PC
This sample requires the file cwbxvbs.inc which is installed in the Include directory as part of the IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows Toolkit. This file must be in the same directory as the files from this sample.
Note: If you get the following error while running this script:
"ActiveX component can't create object: 'createobject'"
please see Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q195826.
For information on how to get the IBM i Access Client Solutions client and Windows Application Package, see Obtaining Access Client Solutions.
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03 June 2024
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