Fileaid on a PC availability?

Ray-Tech · New User Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 3 Location: montreal

Hello.... does anyone know of about the availability of fileaid for pc??. thanks!

Devzee · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject:

availability of fileaid for pc??. <NO>

dick scherrer · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

Hello RT and welcome to the forums,

What file-aid functionality are you looking for on the pc?

Ray-Tech · New User Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 3 Location: montreal

Thank You!,,... i'm just looking at another tool i can use with file analysis when i'm not in front of the mainframe... i think there is a 'pc' version out ther.... i use a product thats called xedit for pc which is great....

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:14 am Post subject:

Hello,

There used to be a product called SPF/PC that was sold by Command Technology (www.commandtechnology.com). It had the same look and feel as tso/ispf, but worked on pc files.

I don't have the newest version (i believe it is called spf/se).

Ray-Tech · New User Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 3 Location: montreal

yes.... i have it... its caled xedit spf,,.......

raghumale · New User Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 6 Location: banglore

hi
what is xedit spf?
can u explain me how to use?

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:56 pm Post subject:

Hello,

It is software for the pc that has a similar "look and feel" as the mainframe.

If you go to the site mentioned above, you can find info about the product.

dchristensen · Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:00 pm Post subject: Another option

http://record-editor.sourceforge.net/Record02.htm

This is a link to Record Edit which is a program that will display data files in either ASCII or EBCDIC, formatted using a COBOL copybook. It will at least give you that portion of FileAID functionality.

Dave

Bruce_Martin · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Tas

I have added a Quick Mainframe Get Started notes for the RecordEditor

http://record-editor.sourceforge.net/MainframeNotes.html

While the RecordEditor is not a replacement for FileAid, I find it a useful to use the RecordEditor instead of FileAid for some tasks

* The RecordEditor works better with PC Software than FileAid. You can cut and paste from the RecordEditor into Word / Excel. Also you can export as HTML or via velocity templates.

* You can view a lot more of the file at any one time in the RecordEditor. On my home PC (22 inch) I can see 55 rows by 18-> 20 field columns. In FileAid its 29 rows by 3 -> 6 columns.

*Can produce Adhoc Reports (via sister project) from Mainframe Cobol File.

mtaylor · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: RecordEditor

Bruce_Martin · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Tas

The project is

http://ffreport.sourceforge.net/

it is actually a plugin for IReports which is an established Java Report Designer (basically SQL based designer). The good point is there is a lot of existing functions (Graphs, exporting as RTF, PDF, HTML output). The bad is I have to work through existing interfaces which means it is not the most logicall process. I would suggest looking at the tutorials.

The package can use either PC or Mainframe files and use either a Cobol Copybook or a RecordEditor Layout to describe them.

In theory you should be able to run the reports any computer that runs Java (which would include the mainframe).

I have packaged is as either a plugin (for those that have IReports) and as complete iReport/FFReport package (24 mb).

Bruce_Martin · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Tas

RecordEditor - Final point get the latest version (currently 0.65) it will support mainframe files. There have been several downloads of version 0.52 Mainframe which was first version to support mainframe file. It is old and ugly.

dchristensen

Bruce,

Does a forum exist that's dedicated to RecordEdit?

Dave

Bruce_Martin · New User Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Tas

Not on this site, Is it possible to create / request a forum here ???
There is a forum on sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/forum/?group_id=139274 or