5250 host connection to client viewer

This section describes the IBM® Content Manager OnDemand 5250 Host Connection, which allows an IBM i application to send information to the Content Manager OnDemand client workstation viewer program (the viewer). The intent is to provide a mechanism by which a 5250 line-of-business application can use the viewer to display documents from the OnDemand database. This is done with little or no interaction between the user and the viewer.

This function is comprised of two parts:
  • The FNDKEYOND command, which the line-of-business application will invoke. The FNDKEYOND command is a part of Option 10 (Common Server) of Content Manager OnDemand for i, and is used to retrieve documents archived using the Content Manager OnDemand Common Server feature. The output of the FNDKEYOND command will be displayed using the workstation viewer.
  • A companion program that resides on the workstation, which is the interface between the FNDKEYOND command and the viewer.