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Don, not to change the subject, but ...

I was faced with a similar problem several times over the last year. Rather
than work with "downloads", I decided on other approaches and I think they
really are better.

The first time the user was a 5250 user so I built a program that did an
automatic email of a .csv. The user keys in some criteria and two minutes
later, the .csv is in their email. He commented the other day how much he
loves that program and asked us to add it to several more. If he wasn't a
5250 user, we could have easily added it to Robot and have it run on event
or time.

The .csv portion took an hour or two without knowing how to do it. I had no
prior experience writing my own .csv. The trick is to use the "working with
the IFS in RPG IV" examples from www.scottklement.com. The example program
CH6CSV had everything I needed and after moving the binding directory and
service program to our tool library, it was a piece of cake. The auto send
of the email I had some experience with and took only 30-40 minutes to code
and test using copied code.

The second time, I tried a different approach based on excel. I'm not quite
as big a fan on this one, but it works and I think it relies only on the
ODBC driver for getting the data off the system i. It is described here
http://www.itjungle.com/fhg/fhg060607-story02.html.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don Cavaiani
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 1:41 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: .dtf - Not authorized message


I have created a transfer request - a .dtf and saved it. This was done on a
Microsoft server. I then found out that I must have i5 access for windows
installed on the users PC in order for that user to be able to run the .dtf
I saved into their directory on the Windows server. So, after I installed
i5 Access for Windows on the users PC, and executed the saved .dtf, which is
supposed to replace a .xls file each time run, that user get a "no access"
error on the .xls file?


Don F. Cavaiani
IT Manager
Amerequip Corp.
920-894-7063

"Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul
can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person."
Albert Einstein



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