Re: JetForm replacement

A different John here, but I have a question for the vendors responding.
Do any of you have a tool to migrate JetForms custom forms/layouts to your
package? My former employer was/is in a similar position, specifically
that JetForms doesn't run on i 6.1 and their replacement product doesn't
offer a migration tool.

They have over a thousand customized forms and it's been estimated at
around one year's worth of labor to manually convert/recreate.

John Yeung - Before I left we were able to upgrade to V5R4 but they cannot
move to 6.1.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Hello John,

Sounds like our iForms or our MS Word form filling or PDF form filling
software might work for you.

If you send me your contact info I can call you or one of my sales team
can.

Thanks.

Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc.
Where Information Meets Innovation
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Intelligence
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web Site: http://www.rjssoftware.com
Tel: (952) 736-5800
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message: 2
date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:20:30 -0400
from: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: JetForm replacement

We are finally in the process of updating from V5R2 (most likely to 6.1).
Do any of you have experience migrating from JetForm to something else?

Our needs are probably not very typical: We only use JetForm because it
gave us the ability to (1) position output fields very precisely,
(2) automatically wrap and center text in large fields, (3) print
semitransparent, large-font text overlays, and (4) easily provide
fine-grained offset for the whole template (the elements within the
template keep their positions relative to each other).

More background: We currently have a green-screen app for printing
corporate stock certificates. The certificates have preprinted material on
them from our printing presses, and we have to laser-print the varying
information (like certificate number, company name, state of incorporation,
legal clauses, etc.) into specific places. The preprinted material can
"drift" slightly from batch to batch, which is where the fine offset comes
in handy.

So, recommendations? Suggestions?

I've currently contacted ACOM, for their EZeDocs/400 product; and am
waiting to hear back from DocPath.

John


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