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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:20 AM

Hi,
We are using terminal emulation program (Tera Term) to run AIX
applications. Would like to find out how to launch MsExcel (Windows
XP) from AIX shell script and load a file from PC.

3 steps process:
1. Generate Excel file in AIX applications using "WriteExcel" ---> no
problem with this.
2. Download it to user's PC ---> no problem with this either.
3. Launch MsExcel from Windows to display the downloaded file ---> How
to do this step?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Y.Wei

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:25 AM

Y.Wei wrote:
> Hi,
> We are using terminal emulation program (Tera Term) to run AIX
> applications. Would like to find out how to launch MsExcel (Windows
> XP) from AIX shell script and load a file from PC.
>
> 3 steps process:
> 1. Generate Excel file in AIX applications using "WriteExcel" ---> no
> problem with this.
> 2. Download it to user's PC ---> no problem with this either.
> 3. Launch MsExcel from Windows to display the downloaded file ---> How
> to do this step?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Y.Wei

not sure about your emulation, but PowerTerm does this very thing by
"intercepting" certain patterns in the data stream (I am paraphrasing)
and then allowing to send commands for windows to execute/launch.

i show it from ericom and unipress (2 companies - same company actually):

http://www.ericom.com/pti.asp
http://www.unipress.com/pt/pro.html

reason i know this does this is that my cousin uses powerterm on a
character cell linux/unix-based application (FilePro) and launches excel
and word stuff all the time fed from the Filepro application he runs.

not sure if it is a "Powerterm" or "windows" feature (ie, may be unique
to powerterm software), though.

mark

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 06:26 AM

We're executing windows apps all the time but it requires some
"pre-work"

1st - You MUST fully understand the ins/outs of SSH

2nd - You MUST install SSH on each windows PC you work with. This is
the hardest part. It's only hard because you have to understand how
windows interacts with the SSH server.

3rd - Create an SSH key on your AIX server and copy your key from the
AIX server to the Windows server's key directory (this is usually based
on a user-by-user basis.)

4th - From the AIX server, execute an SSH session:

ssh windows_user@windows_ip "c:\path_to_office\excel.exe $file"

Good Luck,

Chris Young

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