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Pete, I just wanted to take a second to thank you for this note - particularly the message. I read so many negative replies on this list: bashing companies; bashing people; bashing ideas. It was nice to read a response that says basically "this is the situation and we need to deal with it as best we can." We are in an ever-changing field and we certainly need to learn to adjust to the changes - not sit around and complain all day. I am sending you this note personally because I do not wish to be the recipient of the next round of flames from the list. Thanks, Todd Kidwell (Netstar) AS/400 System Administrator >>> Pete Hall <pbhall@execpc.com> 03/25/00 12:33PM >>> At 22:23 03/24/2000 , Keith Carpenter wrote: >Too bad there isn't a newer (win32) version of BookManager Reader. >But I find that even the 16bit one is better than the web version. > >As others have pointed out, not all computers are connected to the web. >It's usually when you are having problems (like no network connection) >that you need the books the most. I've had no problem with the html books. Searches have been fast and easy. Of course most of my work is limited to just a few books, but Its like anything else. You need to work with it a bit. I usually use the category bookshelves page to get to the area I need. Last week I needed the parameter list for QMHSNDPM. I opened the "System Programming Support" page. I didn't see anything promising on the list of commonly used books, so I scrolled to the bottom of the page and clicked on the "Search V4R2 System Programming Support Bookshelf " link (we're still supporting V4R2). I tried searching for "message" and got no hits, so I scrolled down the list of manuals and found "OS/400 Message Handling APIs V4R2", opened it and easily found what I needed. Just out of curiosity, I went back to the search and tried looking for "Message". It found the manual right away, so the search is case sensitive (BAD IBM, BAD). It also only looks at titles, names and doc numbers (UNIMPRESSIVE), so you need to use title case, and doesn't use a synonym list. (It didn't find "Messaging", not that I really expected it to given the other limitation.) Once you develop the work-around strategies to replace the ones you used with book manager, you can get on with your life. I remember similar grousing a few years back when paper manuals were replaced with CDs. We did, however, lose our web connection for a few hours last week. I carry a CD in my briefcase. I agree that there are many smaller clients that don't have a full time internet connection, and who pay their bills regularly with real coin of the realm. Back in the bad old days, I used to load a few of the most common manuals on my laptop for just those occasions (laptop CD readers were hard to come by then). You can still do that. There are links on the list pages that allow you to download the manuals in html or pdf format. You can even print the pdf books if you like. It's not a perfect solution, but it works pretty well. Times change and so do the tools we use. The changes don't always make life easier for us either. This one makes IBM more efficient. We can either adapt or sit back and fossilize. Personally, I'm no ready to become a dinosaur yet. Pete Hall pbhall@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~pbhall +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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