Re: report writer alternatives

2021-07-14 Thread Tim Hare
Is this for users, "power users", or programmer/developers? For some of those groups, SyncSort (not sure of the new names yet) or DFSORT provide pretty good reporting capabilities and great performance. -- For IBM-MAIN subscri

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2021-07-07 Thread Seymour J Metz
U] on behalf of Pommier, Rex [rpomm...@sfgmembers.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 10:09 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [External] Re: report writer alternatives Hi Bob, As I see it, it appears Chris is looking for CA product replacements. All the products he listed are CA report wr

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2021-07-07 Thread Pommier, Rex
ob. Rex -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External] Re: report writer alternatives It's bigger on the west coast of the USA than on the east, but when I was at Vo

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2021-07-06 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
is a different kettle of fish entirely, and way above my pay grade. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 11:10 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: report writer alternatives Two thoughts: - Shmuel is ce

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2021-07-06 Thread Tony Thigpen
Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. T 502.476.2538 or 502.407.7266 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 10:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] report writer alternatives [External Email: U

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2021-07-06 Thread Charles Mills
UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: report writer alternatives Have your lawyers verify that the escrowed source code can't be treated as an asset during bankruptcy. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz htt

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2021-07-06 Thread Chris Hoelscher
On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 10:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] report writer alternatives [External Email: Use caution with links and attachments] Chris, Please don't hit me for this, but RPGII with it's *auto feature can prod

Re: report writer alternatives

2021-07-06 Thread Tony Thigpen
Chris, Please don't hit me for this, but RPGII with it's *auto feature can produce multi-level reports with very little code. And, there are still people that know how to write RPGII, although most of them will be in VSE shops were it is still used a lot. And, it's cheap. Tony Thigpen Chris

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2021-07-06 Thread Seymour J Metz
Peter x23353 [031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 11:39 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: report writer alternatives With the right source code escrow language written into the contract, "one-person operation" should not be a show-stopper

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2021-07-06 Thread Thomas Kern
In my mainframe career, I used DYLAKOR, Eztrieve, Earl and SAS. This one looks even better. If I still had access to a z/OS system, I would get the 30 day free trial just to see how good it really is. I would have two requests for the vendor: Can you provide a z/VM version? Can you provide a L

Re: report writer alternatives

2021-07-06 Thread Bob Bridges
It's bigger on the west coast of the USA than on the east, but when I was at Volvo Truck NA we used DYL-280II for years; they still do as far as I know. It was published at the time by DYLAKOR, who I think had some relationship with Sterling Software. They touted it as a 4GL; it isn't, in my o

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2021-07-06 Thread Dana Mitchell
It's been quite a few years since I last worked with it, but IBM Migration Utility can take Easytrieve source and produce a Cobol source. You can choose to either just keep the Cobol for future enhancements, or maintain the Easytrieve source and convert every time. We migrated to it as part

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2021-07-06 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
nd can continue to support it yourself until transitioning to another product with active support. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Sasso, Len Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 11:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: report writer alternativ

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2021-07-06 Thread Sasso, Len
uesday, July 6, 2021 11:12 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: report writer alternatives [External: Use caution with links & attachments] Thank you very much for this information Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt to Humana Inc. T 502.47

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2021-07-06 Thread Chris Hoelscher
: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] report writer alternatives [External Email: Use caution with links and attachments] Hi Chris, I know nothing about this company/software and their claim, we're in the same boat and I found them while researching. I haven't tried thei

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2021-07-06 Thread Pommier, Rex
y 6, 2021 9:32 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [External] report writer alternatives The site I support may soon be in the need for a load&go report writer We would need an alternative to Culprit Eztrieve Quickjob Earl Without any research - any other r

report writer alternatives

2021-07-06 Thread Chris Hoelscher
The site I support may soon be in the need for a load&go report writer We would need an alternative to Culprit Eztrieve Quickjob Earl Without any research - any other report writers come to mind? Chris Hoelscher Lead Sys DBA IBM Global Technical Services on assignmemt