Net.Data for OS/400 is invoked using Common Gateway Interface (CGI) and using a macro file. This type of invocation method is called macro request.
Additionally, you can invoke persistent macros, or macros that contain functions specifying transaction boundaries. For more information about persistent macros, see Transaction Management with Persistent Macros
The name of the Net.Data macro file and the name of the HTML block that is to be executed within the Net.Data macro are specified within the link, form, or URL.
This chapter describes invoking Net.Data with a macro file.