Re: Showcase product

You guys rock!
Yes, I do listen to them from time to time.  It helps to have a sense of
humor when you do this kind of work.

Dave Parnin
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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You listend to Bob & Tom, right?
<grin>

I started listening to them when I was working on a project in Muncie in
1997, now they are on the radio here in Austin!

Steve Landess
Austin, Texas
(512) 423-0935


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From: "David A Parnin" <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 1:16 PM
Subject: Re: Showcase product


>
> Hi.  I'm a first time caller, long time listener (OK, a couple of weeks
but
> it sounds better to say it that way).  It's not that bad at all.  It uses
> ODBC from the PC app to the AS/400 files (or other ODBC compliant
source).
> I've used MS Access before in this manner and Showcase has a few more
bells
> and whistles (but compared to Microsoft that's not too surprising).
> Installing it on a PC is pretty straightforward.  I have run into one
> instance where it's a little confusing until you get your default data
> source set up for the first time.  After that I consider it to be a piece
> of cake.
>
> I like it's ability to link to an Excel spreadsheet and insert a variable
> number of rows.  These rows can expand and contract as you change your
> criteria.  I haven't tried it with Access or anything else yet but
probably
> will soon.  There's a component in the form of a job that runs on the 400
> side but I don't have much experience with that other than ending it and
> restarting it after we restarted TCP/IP once.  It uses AS/400 security
but
> more restrictions can be imposed if desired.
>
> I've set it up to pull a multilevel bill-of-material from BPCS to Excel
for
> distribution for engineering review/changes.
>
> Dave Parnin
> Nishikawa Standard Company
> Topeka, IN  46571
> daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx