RE: Pick Note Print

        Check out the JBA web site.  They have a white paper on futures
and their plan is to develop standard interfaces at both the file and
program level.  This is a very important issue with us.  We are using
Vertex for sales taxes.  JBA's interface for this product is totally
custom and the modifications involved 40-50 key programs.  We also want
to use 3rd party logistics software and possibly a 3rd party warehouse
management module.
        We had someone out from JBA the other day working with us on
System 21 Explorer.  We got a demo of Constructor, Work Management,
Visual Components, etc.  It all looked good, but I'm not holding my
breath on General Availability.  It does look like we'll be using
Explorer because all our users want multiple sessions and each normal
host login counts counts against your user license limits.  Multiple
sessions within Client Workspace or S21 Explorer do not count against
the license.  I personally hate the menu interface of Client Workspace
so we are going with Explorer.
        JBA is also promising commitment control in the next release
along with a cleanup of the database.  I'm sure some of you veterans
have heard this before.

Dan Thomas
Sr. VP Information Systems
Medical Distribution, Inc.
4500 Progress Blvd
Louisville, KY  40218-5058
Phone (502) 454-9013 ext 120
email  DThomas@lpw-mdi.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug333@aol.com [SMTP:Doug333@aol.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 10:25 PM
> To:   JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Pick Note Print
> 
> Ah! Interfacing to an outside system.  The light dawns.  It would be
> nice if
> you could use the hooks in System 21 wharehousing so you could have a
> "standard" interface that would be more easily updated when new
> releases come
> out.
> Doug
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