BVSNews - The Newsletter from BVSTools.com Issue 6 - November 15th, 2005 In This Issue: From the Desk of Brad - LPAR Pricing - - Quick Keys Revisited - Software News - Using The Proper Tool (SPLTOOL vs. AFPTOOL) for PDF conversions - - Where to Find Software Upgrades and Fixes - FAQ Snap Shot - We just upgraded/replaced our AS/400. What do I need to do to register? - Featured Software - eMail Tool (MAILTOOL) - Featured Testimonial ======================================================= From the Desk of Brad --------------------- - LPAR Pricing - After much discussion with customers we have implemented an LPAR Pricing scheme. We will be charging full price for the base purchase of the software, and for any additional LPAR licenses for a machine that you have already purchased a full license for the price will be 50% of the current price. Thank you for your support and suggestions on dealing with this issue! - Quick Keys Revisited - We have added a new section to the website named "Quick Key". The Quick Key is located on the right column of every page and allows a user to quickly and easily receive a temporary key for any software! This means that now if you are in a trial period for software or simply need a temporary key to test out software you already have loaded you can quickly and easily receive a key online. The Quick Key feature can also be used to request keys for Disaster Recovery/High Availability machines. ======================================================= Software News ------------- - Using The Proper Tool (SPLTOOL vs. AFPTOOL) for PDF conversions - Lately I've been receiving quite a few emails about customers having issues when converting spooled files to PDF. Mainly the issue is with those who are trying to use AFPTOOL to convert both *SCS and *AFPDS spooled files. If the spooled files are *SCS, then you should be using the SPLTOOL package to convert them. AFPTOOL is meant for *AFPDS spooled files only. AFPTOOL may work on *IPDS spooled files if you first override the printer device type to *AFPDS before creating the spooled file. A few customers have reported that this will work most of the time. But, keep in mind that is isn't officially supported. With the latest versions of SPLTOOL and AFPTOOL installed, the SPLTOOL commands SPL2STMF, SPL2FTP, and SPL2EMAIL will work on both *SCS and *AFPDS spooled files. How this works is the command will look at the printer device type of the spooled file and use the proper tool (SPLTOOL or AFPTOOL) to perform the conversion to PDF. This added feature makes converting spooled files much easier since you don't have to know which tool to use ahead of time. You can download SPLTOOL from www.bvstools.com/spltool.html. You can download AFPTOOL from www.bvstools.com/afptool.html. - Where to Find Software Upgrades and Fixes - If you have ever wondered where you could find a list of fixes and/or updates for software that you are using, and if installing the latest version would be beneficial, look no further! Simply download the latest version of the software. The ZIP file that is downloaded contains 2 files. One is the actual library containing the software and the other is a readme.txt file. This readme.txt file includes a full history of the software and what changes/updates have been made. Each time you upgrade versions of software you should review this to check for any changes or updates that you may need to make. If a piece of software has a service pack available for download, this file will also contain the specific fixes and/or updates that the service pack deals with as well as any prerequisite service packs that may be required. ======================================================= FAQ Snap Shot ------------- Q: We just upgraded/replaced our AS/400. What do I need to do to register? A: Because I do not charge a yearly maintenance/support/upgrade fee, you will need to purchase new registration keys for any software you wish to continue using. If you just purchased your keys recently (within a couple of months), contact me and we can discuss more details. If your upgrade or replacement machine has a new serial number and/or model number, please send me the serial number and the model number of the machine no longer in use as well as the serial number and model number of the new machine so I can get new registration keys ready for you. Please also keep in mind that there is a 1/2 price charge for each piece of software that you wish to run on any additional LPARs as well. More FAQs can be found at https://www.bvstools.com/faq.html. FAQs specific to software can be found in the software documentation section at https://www.bvstools.com/docs/. ======================================================= Featured Software ----------------- eMail Tool (MAILTOOL) There's no reason to fight with other Java-based email client applications or even the very limited Send Distribution (SNDDST) command any longer! MAILTOOL makes sending emails from your AS/400 simple and effective. Send plain text or HTML messages with the ability to add one or more attachments to each email! With the newly added MAILTOOL Plus! feature (a separate registration) you can also totally bypass the IBM SMTP server. MAILTOOL Plus! handles the sending of the email all by itself so you don't even need to set up the IBM SMTP server or directory entries making sending emails even easier! Features: - Easily send emails from your iSeries - Send up to 50 attachments per email - Allows use of CC and BCC recipients - Send emails in text or HTML format - Use an existing stream file as the body of the message - MUCH more useful and powerful than the SNDDST command - With the addition of MAILTOOL Plus!, totally bypass and forget about using the IBM SMTP server - 100% iSeries native application! You can download MAILTOOL at https://www.bvstools.com/mailtool.html See more software at https://www.bvstools.com/download.html ======================================================= Featured Testimonial -------------------- Great job! Our SMTP Process on the ISeries went south and the MAILTOOL Plus functionality was a lifesaver! ======================================================= See more Testimonials at https://www.bvstools.com/testimonials.html ------------------------------------------------ If you would no longer wish to receive a newsletter from BVSTools.com, simply reply to this email with the word REMOVE in the body. ------------------------------------------------ Bradley V. Stone www.bvstools.com