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Moving Data between SHIMS and Windows Course 417. Moving Data between SHIMS and Windows. Ken R. Hall, Ph.D. Hyland Technology Group, Inc. Portland, Oregon www.hylandtech.com ken.hall@hylandtech.com 503-702-7841. Speaker’s Qualifications.
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Moving Data between SHIMS and Windows Ken R. Hall, Ph.D. Hyland Technology Group, Inc. Portland, Oregon www.hylandtech.com ken.hall@hylandtech.com 503-702-7841
Speaker’s Qualifications • Ken Hall has over 25 years experience developing applications in PICK, Universe, and Unidata. • Ken developed applications for mail order, manufacturing, leasing, publishing, and distribution businesses. • Ken was the I.T. Manager for a major wholesale distributor who used customized SHIMS.
Learning Objectives • As a result of this presentation, you will learn how to: • Load data into a PICK file from the PC • Extract data from PICK to your PC • Create a spreadsheet from a PICK file • We will discuss: • Other data extraction methods available • Terminal emulators that can assist in data transfer
Presentation Agenda • Introduce the functionality of the smart terminal emulator • Demonstrate moving PC data to PICK • Demonstrate moving PICK data to the PC • Creating a spreadsheet using the tools in a smart terminal emulator • Discussion of other methods like using BASIC to extract data and create emailed spreadsheet • Discussion of other terminal emulators that assist in data transfer
Data Transfer with cut & paste • Most terminal emulators have this functionality • Demonstration of taking data off the screen and pasting into Excel • Demonstration of cutting data from Excel and pasting into a record with ED
Tools to move data • Use tools built into AccuTerm • Demonstrate screen capture to a PC file • Demonstrate AccuTerm Data Transfer Wizard
Smart Emulators • Emulators with smart data transfer require installation of software on PICK host • The emulators with this type of wizard are: wIntegrate, ViaDuct-FX, and AccuTerm
Other methods for extracting data • Custom software using BASIC and PERL • Developed for Universe on Linux • BASIC extracts and formats data with parameters for PERL script • PERL script takes tab delimited data and creates formated spreadsheet which is emailed to list of addresses • Great solution of generation of reports in nightly processing
Lets discuss how you do it • What methods have you found that help extract and report in electronic formats? • What has worked well? • What methods should others avoid? • What emulator do you like and why?
Thank You!Ken R. Hall, Ph.D.Hyland Technology Group, Inc.www.hylandtech.comken.hall@hylandtech.com503-702-7841