=================================================== SEARCH400.COM DAILY NEWS September 12, 2001 More headlines at http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITOR'S NOTE: Out of respect for Tuesday's tragedy, we did not send out our regularly scheduled e-mails. Our thoughts remain with all of you and your loved ones. The University of California at Berkeley has created a database where people can inquire about the safety of specific individuals and report someone they know who is safe. http://safe.millennium.berkeley.edu/ =================================================== SPONSORED BY: Symtrax =================================================== Say "GOODBYE" to costly printing and labor-intensive distribution of your iSeries spool file reports! COMPLEO eliminates rekeying data to XLS for meaningful end user PC reports. Automatically reformat to XLS, HTML, PDF or RTF. Set up report reformatting and e-mail instructions once, then COMPLEO takes over. Download a free evaluation copy now at http://www.symtrax.com/s400 . Or call (800)627-6013 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================ HOW ARE WE DOING? ================================ Tell us what you think about search400's news coverage - good or bad. And if you think there's a subject we should cover or if you have a story idea, send it in. E-mail news editor Jack Pickell at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]. =================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LEAD STORY "Install OfficeVision on V5R1 at own risk" If you upgrade from V4R4 or V4R5 to V5R1, the OV/400 product you had installed will be deleted. If you find that you must absolutely have OV/400 on your V5R1 system, there is a way to go back and install it. SOURCE: The Four Hundred http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/TFH-09-10-2001.html#3 MORE ON THIS TOPIC: V5R1: Ready to upgrade? http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci764293,00.html Search400's Best Web Links on V5R1 http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax286405,00.html Search400's Best Web Links on OV/400 http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2cd,00.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------- TODAY'S OTHER AS/400 AND INDUSTRY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [1] "DLB Associates to launch comprehensive PTF tracker" [2] "IBM promo lowers iSeries WebSphere pricing" [3] "U.S. State Department technology lags" ~~~~~~~~~ [1] "DLB Associates to launch comprehensive PTF tracker" iSeries business partner DLB Associates is getting ready to launch an electronic newsletter dedicated to tracking the PTFs for OS/400 and related programs for that platform. SOURCE: The Four Hundred http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/TFH-09-10-2001.html#7 [2] "IBM promo lowers iSeries WebSphere pricing" IBM has announced a 33% price cut for its WebSphere Application Server V3.5 Advanced Edition for iSeries (5733-WA3) program. This price cut is effective when purchasing WebSphere V3.5 in conjunction with OS/400 V5R1. SOURCE: The Four Hundred http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/TFH-09-10-2001.html#8 [3] "U.S. State Department technology lags" In the aftermath of the tragic attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the U.S. State Department may have to answer critics who say the department has failed in recent years to upgrade its anti-terrorism technology. SOURCE: ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5096868,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02 ---------------------------------------- WEEKLY POLL ---------------------------------------- Will IBM's support of Linux through V5R1 help facilitate your business? Vote now at http://www.search400.com/poll --------------------------------------- BEST AS/400 WEB LINKS --------------------------------------- [1] "The scoop on WebSphere Studio" This is an extremely helpful tip if you're looking for information on WebSphere Studio. Jim Mason and Dave Slater, both experts when it comes to WebSphere, share their expertise. You'll learn how WebSphere Studio is one of the key components in IBM's WebSphere Development Studio for iSeries tool suite. Also explained are the variety of tools for building and maintaining Web site resources: Page Designer for Web pages and JSPs, Applet Designer for Java applets, WebArt Designer for static image files and the Animated Gif Designer for animated gifs. SOURCE: search400 http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756906,00.html [2] "V5R1 Operations Navigator beta customers comment on the iSeries GUI" With the release of V5R1 came an incredible amount of new functions. ISeries Magazine contacted three members of the V5R1 Operations Navigator beta team to get their views on the latest iteration of Operations Navigator. These beta users provided the V5R1 development team with feedback on the latest version of Operations Navigator. SOURCE: iSeries Magazine http://www.the400resource.com/CONTENT/MONTHLY/200109/GUI9.html Do you know of a good article or Web site that should be included in our Best AS/400 Web Links? If so, let us know. Send us the headline, URL and a brief summary to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================== QUESTION OF THE DAY --- ================================== DDM Files This search400 member writes: "We are using a model 270 to serve pages to the web. This server uses DDM files to link back to our production 720 for information, Customer name etc. Sometimes we loose the link between the systems and get a file not found message and a program termination message. 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