OT: (a little) FilePro Export to RW

[Kroboth, Joe]

Thank to everyone who replied.  We started with passport in 1999.  I don't
like the prices on their automatic update program (PUP).  They do add new
features but I'm not sure If they are needed or being used.  The president
of our company has been using realworld since the TANDY 6000 (or perhaps the
model II) days and I don't think he wants to learn a new system now.   

I found a field definition guide in the last update materials.   I'll try to
dump the file next time they batch.  Probably Thursday. 

Anything you are willing to offer Guy would be great.  Do you import using
the arutil program?

Joe
Chernay Printing, Inc



-----Original Message-----
From: guy_templin [mailto:guy_templin at adelphikitchens.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:57 PM
To: filepro-list at seaslug.org; "
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Subject: Re: OT: (a little) FilePro Export to RW


I am doing that. I have just upgraded from Real World to Pass-Port 3 weeks 
ago. I will check my file layout and send it to you, it may take me a day or

two. I at one time used Twoway to transfer my invoices but had to write my 
own, when they went missing. I had some layout issues as Real World changed 
file layouts, What I am doing may not be pretty but it works.

Guy Templin
Adelphi Kitchens, Inc.


On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 09:38:01 -0800, Bill Campbell wrote
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2006, Kroboth, Joe wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >
> >Has anyone any experience exporting from filePro and importing into RW32
> >(used to be Realworld, Passport software is keeping it alive.) We create
> >Invoices in filePro. I just found out the accounting dept has been re-
keying
> >all invoices in A/R misc charges. Both run on the same SCO 5.05 system. 
> 
> It's been quite a while since I did any imports into RealWorld so I don't
> remember the details offhand.  There is an ASCII import capability
> requiring fixed length fields in a specific format if I remember
correctly.
> A customer of mine has the documentation n the RW COBOL record
descriptions
> so I could figure it out if necessary.  When I last did this, it 
> wasn't for updates into RW, but loading all data into a fresh RW system.
> 
> The first time I did an interface between FP and RW was 22 years ago 
> in 1984 on a Tandy 16/6000.  I did the input to the RW programs by piping
> input into the programs from awk scripts and/or C programs.  I went 
> from RW to FP by parsing the output of RW reports to create input to 
> FP.
> 
> Bill
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