RE: Time and Attendance

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dave's on the money.   You can get what ever hardware for the swiping you
want.  I can go into an ASCII file
just fine on the IFS.   I can write a 50-100 line RPGIV program to read
that PC file realtime and process it
and update REAL DB files with it.  Already doing that with an Inventory
system we did.  I read the ASCII file
from the file that was loaded to the IFS from the scanner gun.  No sweat.

The consultants are like children,  Give them a  hammer and suddenly
everything needs to be hammered.
Give consultants a way to make money on what they know(ie PC solution)
EVERYTHING needs to be a PC
solution.

John Carr (I'm a consultant BTW)


> The only thing that you missed out on is that our 400 Payroll application
> is also being upgraded but this could be taken off the 400 as well...

If they're only looking at PC solutions then you're going to end up with a
PC solution. Why is the payroll being upgraded? Does it not do the job, or
is it simply not a Windows app?

As far as swipe card input goes, I've worked with a system that was
integrated into J.D. Edwards World (for meal accounting rather than payroll
though). Basically the badge readers build ascii files that you then import
into your 400 through Client Access, ftp, or whatever. It's not a big deal.
You can have more sophisticated systems that send wireless data transaction
by transaction, but I can't imagine you'd need that for payroll which is a
batch process if ever I saw one.

Dave...