Hello David,
If you are looking for free options, you could write your own VB mail
merging application.
Another option is a commercial product such as our iSeries Office
Integrator that can be used to mail merge letters using MS Word. You
simply create a merge data file on the iSeries and let the iSeries
Integrator do the merging and printing.
If you would like to further discussion your needs, please feel free to
contact me directly or check out our web site and request a FREE demo
version.
Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc.
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message: 3
date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:40:10 +0100
from: David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Solutions for producing pretty letters
Hi,
We have an application that is used to generate letters to clients
automatically.
The header depends upon client information, date, type of letter etc.
The user types the body of the text in to a 5250 screen and each line is
saved in a PF on the i5. He is aided by function keys to insert many
repetitive clauses.
The finished letter is composed from client/contract information, type
of job, text saved by user, etc.
The user wants to be able to type in text as he would in a word
processor, with as much of that functionnality as possible ( bold text,
images, etc). With the 5250 screen, he has to justify each line
manually.
I've thought about using Word with macros to replace the function keys,
and saving this as an XML file instead of each line in a PF. The RPG
program would have to wait until Word was exited again.
I'd like to hear about ways others of you may have used to evolve this
kind of system.
Thanks.
midrange.com
