Hi Bob, As I see it, it appears Chris is looking for CA product replacements. All the products he listed are CA report writers. Unfortunately, so is DYL. Was DYL-280, then DYL, now called CA Vision Results.
To compare, CA Vision Report is the "relatively" new name for Quikjob. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 5:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [External] Re: report writer alternatives It's bigger on the west coast of the USA than on the east, but when I was at Volvo Truck NA we used DYL-280II for years; they still do as far as I know. It was published at the time by DYLAKOR, who I think had some relationship with Sterling Software. They touted it as a 4GL; it isn't, in my opinion, but it's a very friendly 3GL. We offered a two-day class to users so they could learn to write their own reports, and it was very popular. Developers could learn the same content in half a day. (For the users I'd spend an hour or two on sorting data, for example, going over variations, sorting on multiple field ascending and descending. For the programmers I could pretty much just say "...and this is what the SORT statement looks like", and give them 30 seconds to contemplate it.) I did a little googling and found one web page that says DYLAKOR is "no longer active". Another one referred to "CA-DYL280". --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* The act of leadership is not just to measure the weather and announce it. We are not in the business of meteorology. -Shimon Peres */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chris Hoelscher Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 10:32 The site I support may soon be in the need for a load&go report writer We would need an alternative to Culprit Eztrieve Quickjob Earl Without any research - any other report writers come to mind? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
