Re: Freeware to save spooled files

eric.ong@ap.bnpgroup.com writes:

>  am looking into an archiving tool for spooled files (it has to be simple
>  as it is meant for end-users), this tool must be able to archive spooled
>  files and easiliy be retsored back for printing.  Does anyone has any good
>  recommendations?

I won't swear that all these URLs work since I transcribe stuff & not use it 
regularly

Check out the trade publication sites, since they have done reviews 
periodically on pros & cons of different alternatives.
http://www.as400network.com - see if you can find Summer 1999 issue in 
archives
http://www.as400magazine.com - look in their archives for July 1999 
comparison of a score of different products in this reality
http://www.midrangecomputing.com/forums/

Here are some of the outfits in the business

http://www.arctools.com comes up occasionally in BPCS_L threads
http://www.gumbo.com
http://www.helpsystems.com has a set of Robot/400 system managment tools ... 
you want to visit this URL & see what it says about Robot/Reports
http://www.magsoft.com
http://mv.metafile.com
http://realvisionsoftware.com
http://www.symtrax.com
http://www.vansystems.com

There are a ton of vendors out there offering 400 spool file to PC files to 
web to data mining so you need to check what other needs you have & pick a 
product that does it all well & friendly.

Al Macintyre  ©¿©
http://www.cen-elec.com MIS Manager Programmer & Computer Janitor

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