Re: Sending AS/400 objects via PC, email, etc.

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Check the News/400 Site, Resources, Code, Search for Object Distribution,
and you
will have several choices. Can't supply a link, because they are using frames.


David Shea, DCSoftware, Inc. wrote:

> Some time ago, a friend of mine at IBM told me how to save objects from the
> /400 down to the PC.  This used the CPYTOSAVF and CPYFRMSAVF commands from
> QUSRTOOL.  The process was to:
>
> 1.      Save the objects to a save file.
> 2.      Copy the save file to a physical file using CPYFRMSAVF.
> 3.      Download the PF using PC Support.
> 4.      Reverse the process at the other end.
>
> This has worked before, and I have even successfully distributed software
> via email attachment.
>
> But...
>
> Since IBM doesn't give away QUSRTOOLS any more, some people can't compile
> the utility.
>
> Does anyone know of another method to accomplish this task?  Diskettes are
> just soooooo much cheaper than 3490 and DLT tape cartridges...
>
> Thanks.
>
> DAVE SHEA
> PURGE AND ARCHIVE WITHOUT PROGRAMMING - WITH ARCTOOLS(tm)
> DCSoftware, Inc.  P.O. Box 473  Ashland, MA  01721
> Phone: (508)435-8243   Fax: (508) 435-4498
> mailto:dcsoft@ziplink.net
> http://www.ziplink.net/~dcsoft
>
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