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Important Information - Address Change
My address will be changing October 1st, 2007 to the
following:
Bradley V. Stone
201 Mapleridge Drive
Mankato, MN 56001
If you require an updated W9 or any other information
with this new address, please contact Bradley at bvstone@bvstools.com.
RPG Skills Accellerator 2 Now Available
Bradley has just completed the RPG
Skills Accellerator 2 manual. This manual is a great
addition to the already popular RPG
Skills Accellerator which was released a few years
ago.
Topics included in this new manual are:
- Command Processing using RPG
- Making the most of eRPG Toolkits
- Using Pointers in RPG Programs
- Debugging RPG Programs
- Many more!
This new manual will be distributed by Rochester Initiative
and available soon.
You can view more of the training manuals and books
written by Bradley at the following link:
www.bvstools.com/erpg/
Keeping BVSTools.com Software Log Files in Check
Many software offerings from BVSTools.com include the
use of log files that periodically should be cleared
or archived.
Software such as SPLTOOL
and MAILTOOL
include such log files.
With SPLTOOL, the file SPLLOGPF is used to log commands
that are run from within SPLTOOL.
With MAILTOOL, MLTLOGPF file is used to log emails
sent using MAILTOOL.
These files can potentially fill up causing a MSGW
status on your applications. Because of this, you will
need to write your own routine to archive and/or delete
records from these files.
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Added to MAILTOOL
MAILTOOL
has now been updated to allow the use of SSL enabled
mail servers through the functionality of the MAILTOOL
Plus Addon.
This means that if you are a current user of MAILTOOL
and MAILTOOL Plus and SSL is being used, or will be
used in the future, for your mail router or delivery
the functionality will be there.
An example of this is using GMail from Google. Google
recently put together applications for businesses, including
email support. Should you use this service, or another
like it, you may be required to use SSL to deliver email.
PLAIN and LOGIN authentication was also recently added
to MAILTOOL Plus. This is a feature that is lacking
in the IBM SMTP server and comes in very handy if you
are using a mail router or delivering email to servers
that require authentication.
I thank all of the users that suggest updates and enhancements
as well as report bugs. With any of my software should
you need a new feature, or find a bug, please feel free
to send this information to us.
You can download the latest version of MAILTOOL by
clicking
here.
Interested in GUI Front-Ends for Software?
BVSTools.com is interested in knowing if any customers
would be interested in GUI front ends for any of our
software.
For example, SPLTOOL or MAILTOOL could have GUI front
ends developed for them (most likely web-based thin
clients) allowing users to get away from the Green-Screen
interfaces.
If you are interested, please contact
us to let us know!
Have an Idea for a New Solution?
Most if not all of our software was created because
either we had a need for it, or our customers requested
a specific solution. The chances are if you need it,
most others do.
We encourage our customers to contact us with any needs
they may have for custom applications or tools.
If your shop doesn't have the time and/or manpower,
we are happy to help fill the gaps when we can.
Contact
Us for more information or to share your needs and
ideas!
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This week's FAQ Snap Shot is taken from the main FAQ
page located at http://www.bvstools.com/faq.html.
Q: I just upgraded to V5R3 (or higher). Are there
any updates I need for any of your software?
A: IBM made some "security" changes to V5R3 (and above)
and didn't make them very well known. This change affects
almost all software that uses the /tmp directory for
temporary storage.
This includes BVSTools.com software like SPLTOOL, MAILTOOL
and AFPTOOL. To fix this, use the following command:
CHGATR OBJ('/tmp') ATR(*RSTDRNMUNL) VALUE(*NO)
Click
Here for the IBM APAR details on this issue.
More FAQs can be found at
http://www.bvstools.com/faq.html. FAQs specific
to software can be found in the software documentation
section at http://www.bvstools.com/docs/.
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AFP Tool (AFPTOOL) - Convert AFPDS Documents to
PDF and More!
AFP
Tool (AFPTOOL) allows you to convert AFPDS spooled
files to PDF, TIFF or PCL documents with one easy command.
As part of the SPLTOOL
Suite, AFPTOOL
will automatically be used to convert AFPDS type spooled
files when any of the SPLTOOL command is used. This
includes SPL2EMAIL, SPL2FTP, SPL2STMF or SPL2FLR!
No more wondering what command to use, now with AFPTOOL
and SPLTOOL installed, one command will convert both
SCS and AFPDS Spooled Files.
As with any software, if there are any features you
would like to see added, feel free to contact us with
your request!
For more information on AFPTOOL,
feel free to visit http://www.bvstools.com/afptool.html
or contact
us directly.
You can find more software offerings from BVSTools
at http://www.bvstools.com/download.html
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