Re: Showcase product

["David A Parnin" <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.  I'm a first time caller, long time listener (OK, a couple of weeks but
it sounds better to say it that way).  It's not that bad at all.  It uses
ODBC from the PC app to the AS/400 files (or other ODBC compliant source).
I've used MS Access before in this manner and Showcase has a few more bells
and whistles (but compared to Microsoft that's not too surprising).
Installing it on a PC is pretty straightforward.  I have run into one
instance where it's a little confusing until you get your default data
source set up for the first time.  After that I consider it to be a piece
of cake.

I like it's ability to link to an Excel spreadsheet and insert a variable
number of rows.  These rows can expand and contract as you change your
criteria.  I haven't tried it with Access or anything else yet but probably
will soon.  There's a component in the form of a job that runs on the 400
side but I don't have much experience with that other than ending it and
restarting it after we restarted TCP/IP once.  It uses AS/400 security but
more restrictions can be imposed if desired.

I've set it up to pull a multilevel bill-of-material from BPCS to Excel for
distribution for engineering review/changes.

Dave Parnin
Nishikawa Standard Company
Topeka, IN  46571
daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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HI I am looking at a situation where this product is in use. Is this
difficult to learn? Are the links to the AS/400 easy to setup?
Thanks,
Rob


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