Group, Thought this was an interesting letter. IBM couldn't just put the docs in html or any standard format. Any ideas on how to short-cut this or suggest some shareware so we Mac users can see these AFP docs?
Robert ------ Forwarded Message From: David Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:46:44 -0500 To: robert at kleinlawyer.com Subject: Online Land Records Support for Mac Users Dear Mr. Klein, Mrs. Holsclaw's office forwarded your message to me. Unfortunately, we don't yet have a way for you to translate images from our web page on your Mac. We are, however, continuing to search for a solution. Please allow me update you on our efforts: Our obstacle is an IBM software product called the AFP Viewer plug-in. Users of our web page download the AFP Viewer to their PCs in order to translate our land record images, stored in a proprietary IBM format called MO:DCA, to an image format that their computers can display and print. IBM does not make a version of the AFP Viewer that will run in the MacOS environment. We have requested a Mac-compatible AFP Viewer from IBM, but we have been informed that IBM will not be producing such a product. IBM has also told us that they are not interested in programming a Mac-compatible AFP viewer for us on a contract basis. We have asked several third-party software vendors to provide us with estimates for creating a custom Mac AFP Viewer. So far, all of the potential solutions presented have been cost-prohibitive. Our most recent, and most promising, conversations have been with a company called Snowbound Software, Inc. Snowbound has an existing software product called Snapplet that they claim is both Mac-compatible and supports MO:DCA image translations over the web. We hope that our tests prove that Snapplet, with a few modifications, will resolve our Mac issues. Unfortunately, we do not yet know what the total cost of implementing the software is, nor do we have a reasonable idea when such an implementation might take place. The Clerk's Office will continue to look for a way for Mac owners to use the Online Land Records System. In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact me directly if I can be of service. Thank you very much for your continued interest and patience. Sincerely, Dave Summerfield Director of Information Technology Jefferson County Clerk's Office 531 Court Place, Room 201C Louisville, Kentucky 40202 (502) 574-8590 dsummerfield at mail.jc.state.ky.us ------ End of Forwarded Message The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be November 26 For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
