This Week: iSeries Products of the Year

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An e-newsletter published by Search400.com  February 02, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the Editor: Can the presidential candidates help U.S. IT workers? >> Featured Topic: iSeries Products of the Year >> Expert Technical Advice: * Featured Expert: Richard Belles, systems management * In the Forums: Copying spooled files to a database file * Programmer Tip: Improve old iSeries communication methods >> Site Highlights: * Tip Contest: January winners announced * Career Center: What jobs are out there? * Upcoming Webcast: RPG skills for the new millennium  From the Editor: by Kate Evans-Correia, senior news editor Can any of the Democratic presidential candidates help U.S. IT workers? The U.S. is in the thick of it -- the Democratic presidential election. You can't help but hear the rhetoric about how the candidates are going to save this country from doom. Without fail, they spew their plans for economic recovery -- which usually involve the promise of more jobs. But in recent weeks, after listening and comparing the candidates and their positions on jobs and the economy, it makes one wonder. Is there any one Democratic candidate who could be the savior of U.S. jobs? As the hemorrhaging of U.S. tech jobs offshore continues, do any of the candidates have a strong position for regulating outsourcing? Have any of them a plan for job growth here in the U.S.? Do they offer hope for better job security? As we head to the polls, let us know your position on the Democratic presidential candidates and tell us which one, if any, can help put U.S. IT workers back to work. Send your comments to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or take our poll.  Featured Topic: iSeries Products of the Year by Michelle Davidson, site editor What were the top iSeries products in 2003? Search400.com took a look at new and significantly upgraded products and came up with the top three for eight categories. Find out which ones came out on top. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Richard Belles, iSeries 400 Technical Specialist, Dimensional Insight Inc. Category: Systems management Have a problem managing your iSeries? Looking for ways to improve performance? Rich can help. Read answers to recent questions or submit your own question This Week: In the forums >> Copying spooled files to a database file "Getitright" wants to set up a CL that would copy several spooled files to a database file. The spooled files have the same job name, number and user. The problem is the SPLNBR is incrementing by one each time. Do you have any idea why? >> Printing from IFS "Flumpa" recently discovered IFS and is now up to his neck in streams. He would like to print an .RTF document onto the iSeries as a spool file, but he's having trouble doing so. Thankfully, Search400.com expert Jim Mason was on hand to help him out. >> Printing bar codes on non-IPDS printers "RPGAS400" has two IBM Network 17 printers that are non-IPDS devices. He wondered if there was a way to print bar codes on them. Search400.com member "malloy" offers some advice. Tip of the Week: Improve old iSeries communication methods by Tim Granatir IP connections and FTP are preferred when communicating with the iSeries. But if you have to do an SDLC connection, then this command works well. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights Tip Contest: January winners announced The top winner for Search400.com's Tip of the Month Contest is Bob Abbott. Bob won a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate and was added to our Hall of Fame for his tip iSeries pager messages. New contest for February: This month we're giving away a Logitech MX700 Cordless Optical Mouse. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. View all Hall of Fame winners What jobs are out there? Visit Search400.com's Career Center today and find your next job. Browse more than 30,000 IT jobs or search the titles that you are targeting, including RPG Programmer/Developer and iSeries Administrator. Search now Upcoming Webcast RPG skills for the new millennium Date: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m. (14:00 GMT) Speaker: Paul Tuohy, CEO ComCon and author of Re-engineering RPG Legacy Applications Join us as RPG programming expert Paul Tuohy outlines what is needed to prepare applications for the modern era. Learn what the programming requirements are as you move away from "green screen" and how RPG fits in. Register today Sponsored By: Advanced Systems Concepts Update your subscriptions Select newsletters you would like to receive from the list below. Security Tip Programmer Tips Top Expert Advice E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. Offshore outsourcing Is your paycheck heading overseas in a bottle? 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