Re: Officevision/400

[Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxx>]

There is a pc product that I used around 8-9 years ago to
do that but the name of the product has long since left my
brain.

This was suggested to me by some  long ago member of the list.

You might find it back in the archives....

The product worked just fine, although you did lose your
document names...



On 4/17/2014 9:23 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:
> Speaking of officevision...
>
> Does anybody have a good way to convert an officevision doc to word?
>
> I've got a dozen or so I'd love to have in a Word format (they are our
> software app manuals).
>
> I've tried the Microsoft RFT-DCA converter and while the output is usable,
> I lose lots of formatting.
>
> If anybody would be will to convert them for me I'd happily buy a few
> drinks you at COMMOM.
>
> Charles
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > Joel,
> >
> > I believe your company has a license to our iSeries Office Integrator and
> > iForms products both of which can be utilized to replace Officevision/400.
> >
> > Might be time to modernize :-)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Richard Schoen
> > RJS Software Systems Inc.
> > Where Information Meets Innovation
> > Document Management, Workflow, Report Delivery, Forms and Business
> > Intelligence
> > Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Web Site: http://www.rjssoftware.com
> > Tel: (952) 736-5800
> > Fax: (952) 736-5801
> > Toll Free: (888) RJSSOFT
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > message: 2
> > date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:06:42 +0000
> > from: "Flensburg, Carsten" <Flensburg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: RE: Officevision/400
> >
> > Joel,
> >
> > You should be able to locate the 5769WP1 product using the LICPGM menu
> > option 10. Another alternative would be the DSPSFWRSC command. The last
> > version of the 5769WP1 product was V4R2M0. The OV/400 commands fail with
> > exception MCH42B5 (Program or module not convertible.) at release 6.1 and
> > higher, due to the enforcement of system object integrity added with
> > release 6.1:
> > http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/v6r1/conversion.html
> >
> > If you want to investigate your options in terms of replacing the OV/400
> > product, there's a redbook covering that topic here:
> > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg245406.html
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Carsten
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> > midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stone, Joel
> > Sent: 16. april 2014 22:53
> > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Officevision/400
> >
> > Our company is using Officevision/400.  I would like to find out the
> > version.  Is it the same version as OS/400?
> >
> > I tried go licpgm option 10 but don't see it.  Does it have some encrypted
> > name?
> >
> > We currently are on v5r4.
> >
> > Also, will our current Officevision/400 product work on OS400 v7r1?
> >
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