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MS Access has a relationship diagram function. It is limited but I don't 
remember by what. You can use it against links, which will not actually 
download anything to the PC. You add tables and drag-drop to show the common 
keys. Still manual work, of course.

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> Yes, iSeries Navigator does an outstanding job. PROVIDING YOU USE 
> REFERENTIAL CONSTRAINTS. I'll send you a PowerPoint offlist. 
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> "Frances Denoncourt" 
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> Re: Doohickey to visually show relationships between files 
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> I'd like a doohickey similar to the original post - but, more. 
> [Original post: So I guess I'm looking for a tool that allows me to plug 
> in file names 
> which, in turn, lists fields defined, and perhaps "click & drag" 
> connectors 
> that show relationships as I discover them.} 
> 
> Many months ago I started entering files into a VISIO document. Quite 
> labor intensive. Just a file or two now and then. 
> Now that we are going to Visual Studio, I wish I had put more time into 
> it. It looks like I can import a schema into VISIO, but where would I 
> get it? 
> 
> I could use Enterprise Manager to create a diagram, but the problem is 
> still: How can I get the information from each file on our iSeries in a 
> format that this diagrammer can interpret? I sure don't want to start 
> keying all over again. 
> 
> Does iSeries Navigator do something like that? I don't care which one I 
> use as long as I can get something to paper my wall with. Exporting to 
> the Enterprise Manager diagrammer would be much, much better, though. 
> 
> 
> [Another post: Yes, take a look at the "Database Navigator" in the 
> Database section of iA 
> 
> Probably won't do what the original poster wants since to show the 
> referential links between tables you have to actual have referential 
> keys 
> defined.] 
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> Thanks for your help 
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