1.  If you want pdf direct off the HP3000, "Sanface Software"
<http://www.sanface.com/> has a utility you can buy.  It was $100 about
5 years ago.  Should be $120 to $150 now.  It works in the POSIX shell
however.  You'll need to install PERL first (which is free.
<http://www.bixby.org/mark/perlix.html>)

For Excel, there are a couple of utilities, Sheetmate from Hillary
Software (1-800-445-5279) or Monarch.  Sheetmate has a scripting
language for parsing spool files.  I don't know what the heck Monarch
does but people swear by it.  One needs seat licenses for Monarch, and
it runs on a PC.  <http://www.datawatch.com/>  Sheetmate runs on the
HP3000 and creates downloadable files.  

If you're using Powerhouse or Speedware (#3 below,) you should be able
to write delimited files for download into Excel.

2.  I can't comment on Suprtool's politics.  But it lets you extract
data from Turbo/Image files really fast.

3.  The difference between Speedware and Cognos is pretty much ...
price.  Depends what you're comfortable with.  I never learned
Speedware, but I know traditional Powerhouse fairly well.  It was easy
to learn.

4.  KSAM is a file format.  Without going into detail, if you have
Powerhouse or Speedware on your machine *AND* presuming the machines
been around for a long time; access to these types of files should be
fairly well pre-set.  For example:  Powerhouse's Data Dictionary.
Access should be transparent, so you can report the fields in Quiz.


Tracy Johnson
Measurement Specialties, Inc. 

BT







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> Subject: [HP3000-L] Hi All
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> 
> Hi, all 
> My name is Raj, I am a new programmer working on HP 3000 
> Please let me know the some common Errors 
> we used to face while executing
> Cobol/jcl/dictionary Progaram with solution
> 
> 1. I am executing a report program , I want end result in to 
> PDF & Excel frindly 
> format
> 
> can you comment over it any new tool for this ?
> 
> 2 what supertool stands for?
> 
> 3.difference between speed ware  /cognos powerhouse
> 
> 4.KSAM ?
> 
> (HP 3000
> MPE, MPE/ix, HP Cobol, Supertool, TurboIMAGE/3000, Powerhouse, KSAM, 
> Speedware)
> 
> 
> Regards
> Raju
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