Re: as/400

Sunny,
 
If you have a license and support for 'Synon' Computer Associates has all of
the documentation on their website.  I think it includes the original horse
tutorial.   
www.ca.com <http://www.ca.com> 
http://customerconnect.ca.com/ <http://customerconnect.ca.com/> 
their documents are in the support connect section.
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there's also a user group, which is similar to the old lava lounge:
http://edgeusergroup.pugmarks.net/forums/index.cfm?CFApp=82
<http://edgeusergroup.pugmarks.net/forums/index.cfm?CFApp=82> 
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synon tips
http://www.obsydian.com/s2tiptec.htm <http://www.obsydian.com/s2tiptec.htm> 
http://www.obsydian.com/toc.htm <http://www.obsydian.com/toc.htm> 
(i don't agree with the political statements made on this website)
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i can help with some specific questions, time permitting.
 
bill
 
 
 
 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Phil Ashe <mailto:Phil.Ashe@xxxxxxxxx>  
To: Midrange Systems Technical  <mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Discussion 
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:57 AM
Subject: RE: as/400


Sunny: 

Synon has been rebranded several times as it moved from a Synon to a 
part of Sterling to now part of CA. CA is the current owner and they 
call the product AllFusion. 

If you are maintaining an application, there should documentation for 
the tool somewhere. It helps to know what it was called when the site 
used it. It has been known as Cool and Advantage, too. 

There are also mostly empty Wikis about AllFusion Plex (Obsydian) and 
AllFusion 2E. I don't think there's a bunch of free resources on 
AllFusion. Otherwise, Hawkbridge sells training for AllFusion. 

If you are creating an application from scratch, there are other 
application tools you can look at that have a less steep learning curve 
and are cheaper also, but are less capable. Most of them are RPG based. 
These tools can help you produce a nice application quickly. 

If you really want (or need) a COBOL tool, try to find Easy Tool Kit or 
ETK (by Leif Svalgaard among others). This is a great tool. You can 
develop on a PC and push the application to any platform. Or develop on 
the System i and deploy it to a Unix. There is a tool called Libero by 
iMatix that is derived from ETK that you can look at too. 

The IBM Information Center has advanced information on SQL and COBOL. 
There are books and other internet resources for both SQL and COBOL on 
the System i. 

Phil Ashe 
NetIQ (A division of Attachmate) 
1233 West Loop South, Suite 1800 | Houston, TX 77027 USA 
713.418.5279 phone 
phil.ashe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
www.netiq.com  


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<mailto:midrange-l-bounces+phil.ashe=netiq.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf 
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Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 8:47 AM 
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Subject: as/400 

Can you please tell me where I can get 

a) Beginner's information on SYNON 

b) Advanced information on SQL400,DB2400 and COBOL400 
   
   
  thanks in advance