Buy some good commercial ODBC like ODBC/32
will change way of thinking.

Buy any PC product with source code or create with GUI interface with
wizard, convert PC style database to link backward to
 IMAGE/3000 with ODBC/32 via TCP/IP connection.
Any software available on PC will be run with IMAGE database.

like one click from user, Data on IMAGE will be on transfer to
users Excel file, user will love all HP3000 programmers.

Even PC Crash(Blue Screen) or Hard drive crashed,
just reload program from server, Business data will be in
HP3000  Image Database, what a peace of mind.
PS. also COBOL program works fine too.

Cheers
Peter C.

Joe Brand Inc. <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> We are currently upgrading our MicroGX to a 937LX to run our COBOL II
based
> Retail System into the next few years.  The software was written
originally
> in RPG and converted over by Tymelabs.  There are some 700 source code
> modules which operate on KSAM flat files.  Of the original retail package,
> we are currently using only the Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and
> Payroll modules.  The system has run solidly with only some minor tweaking
> for 14 years.  Since I am new to this environment, I have some questions.
> Are there any retail packages still available for this system which
include
> Point of Sale?  (Its ok to laugh)  How can I get my KSAM data files
> transferred to the MSOffice Apps?  We have the latest ver of Reflections
but
> it doesn't convert the stacked binary stuff.
>
> I hope this long message doesn't insult any of you serious folks. I
welcome
> all suggestions and redirections.
>
> Michael Hetland
> Joe Brand Inc
> Laredo, Texas
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>
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