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From the Editor:
Expert appreciation |
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Featured Topic:
Top news stories of 2003 |
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Expert Technical Advice:
* Featured Expert: John Brandt, OS/400
* From the Forums: Printing overlays on non-IBM printers
* Administrator Tip: How to use the WRKSYSSTS to monitor your system -- part II
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Site Highlights:
* UCCnet: For suppliers, integration is the payoff
* Can't miss events of 2004
* New iSeries customers in 2004 |
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by Debra Tart, assistant site editor
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Expert appreciation
It's hard to believe that another year has come to a close. It's been a busy year but the Search400.com team has enjoyed the challenge of providing our readers with top expert advice, tips, webcasts, discussion forums and the latest news.
Of course, providing you with high-quality information would have been impossible without our panel of iSeries experts. So as we finish out another year, we want to say to all of them, thanks. These experts are the best in the iSeries field and we're proud of that. They're willing to help you tackle those jobs that often seem impossible. The Search400.com experts help us to help you stay informed on what's really going on in the iSeries community and what may be in store for the future.
If Search400.com was a site you relied on this year for cutting edge information, stick around. We've got some great things planned for next year. As part of our continuing effort to improve the quality of our site, we're looking to add the names of more iSeries experts to our roster. If you're an iSeries professional and believe that you have a lot to offer the iSeries community, let us know. We'd be happy to discuss the possibility of your joining
our expert panel. The Search400.com team would like to wish all of our members and experts a happy holiday season.
Our special thanks to:
- Rich Belles, iSeries systems manager, Sysco Corp. Houston -- Systems management
- John Brandt, vice president of technical services, iStudio400.com -- DB2/400 and DB2 UDB, application development, OS/400, backup and recovery
- Ken Graap, senior AS/400e system administrator, Northwest Natural Gas -- OS/400, backup and recovery
- Tim Granatir, vice president of technical Services, Interlink Technologies -- Application development and systems management
- John Kohan, senior programmer analyst, CT Codeworks -- Programmer tip writer
- Jim Mason, president, ebt-now -- Web development
- Kent Milligan, iSeries technology specialist in PartnerWorld for Developers, iSeries, IBM -- DB2/400 and DB2 UDB
- Shahar Mor, president, Barmor Information Systems -- PC/Windows connectivity
- Vic Sbrega, principal, AS/400 Personnel Agency, LLC -- Careers
- Laird Scranton, owner, Concise Systems -- Forum moderator
- Carol Woodbury, president, CEO, SkyView Partners -- Security
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This Week: In the forums
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Printing overlays on non-IBM printers
Search400.com member "Thutson" needs to print invoicing overlays on a non-IBM printer. The problem is that when the invoice is printed, the overlay prints one half to one line down from where it normally prints on his IBM laser printers. Do you have any idea what might be going on?
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Connecting Open Office to the iSeries
"Skitch210" is having trouble getting Open Office to connect to his iSeries using JDBC. Thankfully, "Bbonner" had been working on the same problem and offers some advice.
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Why the iSeries for programming?
"IhansMeeuws" is looking for a simple explanation as to why iSeries programming is better than Office applications. Web Development expert Jim Mason explains why he prefers iSeries programming. |
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How to use the WRKSYSSTS to monitor your system -- part II
There are two "meters" of performance on the Work with System Status (WRKSYSSTS) display: page fault rates and job transition rates. Making sure those fall within acceptable levels is the essence of using the WRKSYSSTS display to tune your system. |
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Featured white paper
UCCnet: For suppliers, integration is the payoff
Learn how UCCnet integration can benefit your company beyond compliance.
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Can't miss events
If one of your New Year's resolutions in to bone-up on your iSeries education, you'll want to check out these upcoming 2004 conferences and events, including iSeries Devcon and the eServer Technical Conference. No need to search the Web, Search400.com has gathered these events into one convenient place -- the Search400.com events section.
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