I have access through the Internet to a client’s iSeries machine, which has a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer attached to it. Is it possible for me to print a PC document (for example, a Word processing document or a spreadsheet) to the LaserJet?

–Jim

Here’s how I’ve done just that from my Windows XP machine. First, create an ASCII printer file on the iSeries. Place the name and library of the LaserJet’s output queue in the OUTQ parameter.

CRTPRTF FILE(QGPL/LASERJET)                 
        DEVTYPE(*USERASCII)                 
        TEXT('Print PC documents to Laserjet')
        OUTQ(outqlib/outqname)

Second, install the proper printer driver on your PC. Create the printer as a

I’m trying to create a utility that will display all messages in a message file that contain a search string in the message description. For example, if we specify the search string as “invalid,” the utility should list all messages in the message file that contain the word invalid.

–Deepa

This question was posted on the IT Jungle Web Forums. I suggested Deepa use Qshell’s grep utility to do the search. The following Qshell command scans message file XUSRMSGF to find the messages that contain the word “date” in any case.

system "DSPMSGD RANGE(*FIRST *LAST) MSGF(XUSRMSGF) 
DETAIL(*BASIC)" | 

Because their operating systems are grounded in 5250 green-screen commands, i5, iSeries, and AS/400 machines have always had problems gaining acceptance in a graphical world. IBM responded to this issue years ago by creating the iSeries Navigator program (OpsNav), a graphical interface for the i5/OS operating system. However, Windows users still occasionally need to run text-based 5250 commands. To solve that problem, IBM added a Run Command facility to OpsNav.

Run Command is a somewhat valuable OpsNav feature that allows you to graphically enter and send batch i5/OS commands to an i5 partition for execution. This article is the first