I second Art's comments. Softshare's product line cannot be beat! I have used Mercator in the past and compared to Sotshare Delta - well there is no comparison. Delta is an easy to learn, easy to use yet extremely powerful and flexible data translator. It will map just about anything to anything. You can tie it into Softshare's other products (ECS or Vista) or you can run it stand-alone. Take a look at www.softshare.com for more info.
I have also used ProEDI in a past life and still support a few sites that still have it. It is a decent translator but does not come even close to what Delta can do. At approximately the same price point, Delta's the way to go. Also, last I checked, ProEDI only maps from flat file to EDI and not to any other format nor does it allow database connectivity enabling you to map directly from your databases. It is also limited as to what your flatfile can look like in order for the translator to map it right. So if you plan to map directly from within your database or from an 'normalized' flat file, then ProEDI won't cut it. Softshare's support is excellent and their maintenance fees are very reasonable. (ie. Cheap). Translation tools vs mapping tools? I personally don't know of a difference. The only difference that someone can argue is that a translator must have built-in dictionaries when transforming data from say flat file to EDI, whereas a mapper will only map between the same data format and not create a new data format on the output. Other than that, the terms are used to mean the same thing. John Fiorino CompuSys Solutions Softshare Application Systems Integrator (514)592-7144 / (450)669-5506 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005 . Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
