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Adam, Oliver's reply made me realize that 'all' you want is a spool queue downloader. One product that includes this function is MetaFile. Part of the package is a downloader that downloads an output queue to a directory on a PC. The download can be set to run automatically every xx seconds. The downloaded spool file can be deleted or moved to another output queue. We have the program running on an NT server. The only drawback with the version we have (2-3 years old) is that it does not run as a service; you need to keep a session signed on and the program running. MetaFile is a program which archives spool files, indexes the contents, and allows users to find documents based on that index. The archive is created and stored on a PC. Because the retrieval is an index lookup, not a search, it is quick. New documents are added to the index after they are downloaded. Time to add a document to the index depends on the size of the document, number of words to index, and the existing size of the index. Every word, character sequence, and number are indexed. You can search for a dollar amount listed at the bottom of an invoice, a customer number, a city name, a customer name. Anything. You can also omit 'junk' words (like a, an, the, of, from, etc., etc.) You can add an overlay and view the archived spool files as if they were printed on your custom forms. I don't know if they offer the download portion separately. One thing that impressed us when we invited the MetaFile folks to give us a demonstration: IT WORKED! We provided a PC with Client Access installed (I don't recall if it was an NT machine or not; the production version is running on NT). The rep installed the software on the PC (no software required on the AS/400). After tweaking the settings for the output queue to monitor (and, IIRC, tweaking some authority), IT WORKED! Took less than 30 minutes from a standing start. IT WORKED! As advertised. No messing with fancy settings. No "Oh, you need to do such and such." IT WORKED!! That sold us, even though there were other products we had yet to evaluate. --Paul E Musselman PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com >Adam, > >I just reviewed a tool that does exactly what you need. When you put a >spoolfile to a specific outq, it will be copied to >a PC and you can define what is to be done with it - i.e. put it into a >specific directory on the server, e-mail it or whatever. > >Would that be something along your line? > >Regards, > >Oliver
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