Re: Routing, mileage and mapping software solution.

[Scott Mildenberger <scottmildenberger@xxxxxxxxx>]

We talked to PC-Miler and with our license they allowed us to
keep a database file on the 400 of mileages.  All our programs
use the same utility to request a point-to-point mileage, if the
program doesn't have it in it's database it requests it from
PC-Miler and then adds it to the database on the 400.  It is one
huge file on the 400 but it makes mileage lookups super fast.

This does require a little setup to begin with then it has
worked great for us.

Scott Mildenberger

--- Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> Functionally PC-Miler does a nice job.  Problem is that it
> does not run
> native.  The AS/400 version uses a PC for processing and they
> provide a RPG
> program that you can use as an API.  Technically, it's
> adequate but it's a
> pretty old and not so secure design.  It uses:  SNA - I'm
> eliminating all
> SNA traffic next year;  it requires CA/400 on the desktop -
> ok, it's not
> the end of the world but I need to have the device autostart
> CA/400 and
> automatically logon to the AS/400, not my preference; also it
> does not
> allow me a direct way to access databases - everything will
> have to go
> through there interface program.
> 
> Not trying to bad mouth PC-Miler, it does a nice job.  I'd
> much rather run
> this thing natively than in some outboard function.
> 



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