RE: Harbinger Trusted Link - GUI only? -- MIDRANGE-L

I upgraded to this version back towards the beginning of this year.  I was
not real happy with this fact either at first.  But I think there are
several advantages to this process.  The one big advantage I like is the
fact you can save a translation format in the middle of creating it.  In the
old version you had to go completely through the mapping process before you
could save it.  It was also a pain to go back in and modify a mapping in my
opinion.  

I have run across several problem in this new version as well that I am told
will be fixed.  Several of my mapping I hard code information into the
fields.  With this new version some of those hard codes do not work like
they are suppose to.  You cant even map a work field to them.  Fortunately I
have only ran into a few that are this way.  Another problem I had was not
all the mapping converted over correctly.  If I remember right I had to make
modification to all my mappings before they would work correctly.  Some of
the modifications were minor but it was annoying that I had to make any to
start with.

Once you get use to it I think you will like the GUI interface.  It has been
a learning process but there are features in the GUI interface for the
mappings that make it nice.

Just my thoughts and experiences.

Wayne Cork
Manager Information Systems
Groendyke Transport, Inc
wcork@groendyke.com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stone, Brad V (TC OASIS) [SMTP:bvstone@taylorcorp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 4:31 PM
> To:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      Harbinger Trusted Link - GUI only?
> 
> We just were working with Trusted Link/400 version 3.2 (the newest
> version).
> We had someone in from another company that is on a previous version (11 I
> think, don't ask me why it's 11). 
> 
> When we got to the part for Translation Format Maintenence, we got a
> message
> on our terminal that says to use the Client Interface.  There was a PC
> version sent to us that basically uses Seagull screen scrapers.  Anyhow,
> we
> shrugged it off and started using the PC interface.  We when got to the
> menu, ODBC error.  Great.  We got some PTF numbers that hopefully will fix
> that.
> 
> But, in the meantime, has anyone upgraded to this version?  If not, are
> you
> aware that this option will no longer be available on the AS/400 menu?  We
> spoke with two tech supports who said this is correct... only the GUI
> interface can be used to set up translations.
> 
> Also, this is kind of a warning for folks that planned on upgrading.  The
> guy that was showing us how it worked said "Whew!  I was going to upgrade
> last night!  I'm sure glad I didn't!"  He didn't even know this existed in
> the upgrade.
> 
> Any thoughts?  Terrible marketing ploy in my opinion.
> 
> Bradley V. Stone
> BVS/Tools
> http://www.bvstools.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Slaugh [mailto:ken.slaugh@cm-inc.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 7:22 PM
> > To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> > Subject: DSKMOV command
> > 
> > 
> > Is there such a command as DSKMOV? What OS/400 release did it become
> > available? Is this the best way to balance storage after adding
> > additional DASD? How much time should be expected to complete the
> > process?
> > 
> > Ken Slaugh
> > Programmer/System Analyst
> > Certified Network Administrator MSE
> > Specialist - Client Access/400
> > 
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