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Linoma Software Newsletter - Winter 2003

From all of us at Linoma Software,

We wish you happiness and good will this holiday season! Linoma Software would like to thank you for your support this year and we look forward to serving you in 2004.

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Linoma Releases New Version of Surveyor/400

Linoma Software is proud to announce a major new release of Surveyor/400, the complete graphical productivity suite for the iSeries and AS/400. Surveyor/400 now allows you to export to an Excel format, import Excel files directly to an iSeries database file and the SQL Wizard was enhanced to allow you to create even more SQL statements easily.

Adding the ability to export to an Excel format now allows a user to choose virtually any format including CSV, Tab, fixed-width, HTML, XML and a user defined delimiter. Importing an Excel file directly to an iSeries database file will allow users to work with data in Excel, save it and quickly import it in a few simple steps.

When importing a PC file, the user has the option to import to an existing database file or create a new iSeries database file. When choosing to create a new file, the new version of Surveyor/400 will scan the source file for the longest value in each field and the type of data in the field and have the Create Table Wizard default to the largest size and type.

The SQL Wizard now gives a user the option to create an INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statement for the user. Previously, it created only SELECT statements. This feature will greatly aid a user who is just learning SQL but wants to use the power SQL offers. By simply selecting the file, fields and filter criteria in a graphical interface, a user can create SQL statements without needing any SQL experience.

Click here to learn more about Surveyor/400.

Linoma Releases New Version of Transfer Anywhere

Linoma Software is proud to announce a significant new release of Transfer Anywhere, which is an enterprise solution for simplifying and automating data conversions and transfers.

The new version 4.0 includes NT runtime support, better management tools, enhanced error recovery and logging, faster transfer speeds and enhancements to Open PGP encryption and decryption.

The Transfer Anywhere engine can now run on Microsoft NT server. By supporting Transfer Anywhere on both the iSeries and NT environments, the customer will have more flexibility in how they implement the product.

A management console screen is now available in Transfer Anywhere, which allows an administrator to view details on the currently running transfers and also provides the option to cancel transfers.

When working with a transfer definition in Transfer Anywhere, you can now view detailed completion history for a transfer through a graphical interface. This history will show valuable execution information including start and stop times, elapsed time, execution status and any messages.

Encryption and Decryption of files can now be performed natively on the iSeries without having to first create Transfer Definitions. Encrypted files can be armored with a simple click of the checkbox within the transfer wizard.

Click here to learn more about Transfer Anywhere.


aXes and Transfer Anywhere are now ServerProven!
 
aXes, Linoma Software's iSeries immediate web-enablement software, and Transfer Anywhere, our data conversion and transfer software, now carry the ServerProven for IBM eServer designation. The ServerProven emblem represents software applications that run on eServer and have been verifiably implemented by real customers. This designation represents solutions that can help promote increased customer confidence - a proven application performing on IBM eServer. Only by selecting a ServerProven application with IBM eServer can customers take advantage of special offers, which can help make choosing an IBM eServer solution even easier.

One of the offers available to organizations that purchase a new iSeries and a ServerProven product is a rebate from $1000 to $5000. Contact Linoma Software if you recently purchased a new iSeries or are considering the purchase of a new iSeries to see what you need to do to qualify for the rebate.

  • Two other Linoma Software products, Surveyor/400 and RPG Toolbox, are IBM Server Proven as well.

The Pantry Streamlines Reporting Capabilities with Help from Linoma Software and IBM.

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In order to bring its report program generator (RPG) programs up to date, The Pantry turned to Linoma Software. Linoma provided RPG Toolbox source modernizer and developer tools for the IBM iSeries servers, allowing The Pantry to write applications faster and maintain source code more effectively... Click here for more

Oregon School Districts Use Linoma's aXes to Streamline Operations

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LBL needed to find an effective means for making their iSeries applications available via the internet to selected school districts. LBL wanted a true zero-client solution to reach districts outside the LBL intranet. It was important to have a server-centric solution that allowed LBL to maintain control of their iSeries applications and preserve high security for each school district's sensitive data... Click here for more

Western Power Sports Sales Reps are Provided Timely Information with Transfer Anywhere.
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Case Study in PDF format

While on the road, Western Power Sports' salespeople require updated inventory and price sheets for their product line. Since these items can change often, the IT staff at Western Power Sports had to retrieve this data off the AS/400 and send it to their sales representatives frequently. Additionally, dealers and other vendors were also needing a lot of the same inventory and pricing information. In order to provide this data, the IT staff would have to manually retrieve item and pricing information reports off of the AS/400, convert them to a Comma Separated Value format, attach them to an email and send to their salesmen, vendors and dealers every day or when requested. This would entail several hours a week in programming custom queries, retrieving data and emailing this data to those who needed it... Click here for more.