Tool Education

There are several forms of education provided:

• At the web site.
• Online with the displays and help text while using the tools on the AS/400.
• Telephone, fax, e-mail and regular mail.

There is a lot of information about the TAA Productivity Tools at the web site. All individual tool documentation is available from the Documentation link.

You can also see...

• Date of the latest refresh for the different supported releases.
• Prices for both new and upgrade licenses.
• New tools added to the product within the last 12 months.
• Details of 'hot' tools added recently that we think you would want to be made aware of.

The TAA Productivity Tools are ready to go as provided. It is not necessary to unpackage or create them first as was the case when they were part of the QUSRTOOL library (a few exceptions exist). All commands have on line context sensitive help for the command and any associated parameters.

All of the TAA Productivity Tools documentation is on line and can be accessed through the HELPTAA menu. To access the menu, enter the command TAATOOL/HELPTAA.

The HELPTAA menu contains a variety of information, including a complete list of tools, instructions for remote installation, new tools, fixes and incompatible changes, instructions on modifying a tool, security information and disaster recovery information.

There are a number of commands shown on the HELPTAA menu which can be run directly from a command line to access information. For example, documentation for a specific tool can be accessed by entering TAATOOL/WRKTAA and setting the list to the tool name you are interested in.

DSPTAACAT allows you to pull up tools by category. This is useful when you want to know if the software includes a tool that would fill a need you have, but don't know what it would be called. A list of categories can be prompted for by pressing Cmd 4. For example, DSPTAACAT *SEC will bring up a list of all the security related tools. From there, you can browse the on line documentation for each tool in the list.

Source is stored in a compressed archive and cannot be edited directly. Source members must be copied out to a source file for modification. Access to source is restricted for users in demo mode. Note: The TAA Productivity Tool software does not utilize the QUSRTOOL library for source; that library belongs to IBM.

For example, to access the source for ADDDAT tool: WRKTAA ADDDAT [Enter]

Press Cmd 10 to see all the 'pieces' of the ADDDAT tool. You now have options to view the members or copy out one or all of the members for editing.

Distribution software is refreshed about every 8-12 weeks with the latest new tools, enhancements and fixes. Refresh media for the release you are licensed to is available for a small charge. (Shipping charges apply outside the continental US.)

This product is designed to work with a particular version, release and modification of i5/OS. You should plan to upgrade your tools whenever you upgrade to a new version of i5/OS. Upgrade charges apply; see our web site or call for pricing.

Some of the best ideas for the TAA Productivity Tools software come from customers! If you have an idea for a new tool or enhancement, let us know.

CHKSAVRST - checks your save or restore for problems.

CRTSFLPGM - Creates a subfile application.

NTEFIL - on line notes utility.

RGZLIB - reorganize all the files in a library with one command.

UPSMON - monitors for power failure in conjunction with a UPS.

SCNDUPRCD - a powerful utility to locate duplicate file records according to the rules you choose.

SPLARC - save and restore spool files.

CPYSPLFDTA - copies just the data from a spooled file to allow spread sheet usage.

Telephone, fax, e-mail and regular mail

If you have a question regarding the TAA Productivity Tools that you cannot find an answer to, contact us and we will try to help. There is no charge for this service, support is included with the price of a full license.

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