Re: Real World Benefits to Mapics 7+ upgrade

David,

I am a relative novice here, so I will tread carefully into these deeper 
waters.  Here at CFW we've been using parts of Mapics and mostly a custom ERP 
system.  I've been tasked with leading a migration entirely to the XA software. 
 As such, we don't have any custom code in XA currently, but if we did it would 
be the green screen user exits that we modified.

In the process of developing Integrator user exits, I've come to understand 
that the green screen user exits do not run when you are using the PowerLink 
client.  This makes sense because the green screen exits can present the user 
with a green screen which is not appropriate when the user is at a java 
client(R7).  

What this means to me from the point of view of someone who doesn't face this 
problem is that any of the logic in existing green screen exits will have to be 
ported to the Integrator user exits, and maintained in two places.  Either that 
or entire functional areas will have to migrate simultaneously away from green 
screen and to PowerLink so that the custom code only has to be maintained in 
the Integrator user exits.

Like I said, I don't have this problem, but maybe others can expand on the 
challenges they've faced in this regard.

Josh

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[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Hayes
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:54 AM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Real World Benefits to Mapics 7+ upgrade


I'm glad to see this being discussed (and the greater the level of
detail, the better).  Could someone expand on the impact to "custom
code"?  Are you talking about modificatons to MAPICS programs (which we
avoid as much as humanly possible) or are you talking about "bolt-on"
apps?

My company is trying to grasp the benefits of R7 and we just don't see
it (without adding any of the new modules such as PowerLink - which I
still don't understand).

Keep the opinions coming.....

David Hayes
IT Manager
Hartness International


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