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Page last updated on May 14, 2001
The following is a list of recent changes and improvements made to WebReport/400. Most
changes are made as the direct result of a customer request. If you have changes you would like
to see made to WebReport/400, send E-mail to us by clicking here
Index:
WebReport/400 Updates:
Effective date: May 14, 2001
Several customers have told us that they find the OS/400 configuration requirements confusing
and overly complex. We couldn't agree more and, to help new customers get started, we've
added a WebReport/400 Configuration Wizard that takes the mystery out of configuration. The
Wizard steps you through a series of questions about your network and your configuration. As it
progresses, it edits and checks your responses to make sure they will work correctly. When you
are all done, your configuration will be automatically updated. The Wizard can be run in Test
mode to simply checkout the configuration parameters or in Post mode to edit and then update
your configuration settings.
Note: the Configuration Wizard requires a minimum OS/400 level of V4R2. If you are on an
earlier release, you can still use the configuration Powerpoint presentation that is provided on
your install CD. The presentation is also available for download from our website.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF414. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 4 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: April 10, 2001
This change allows you to let WebReport/400 automatically enroll new users in the system
directory. This is an optional feature. When installing WebReport/400 initially, the feature
defaults to being active. It can be deactivated. Since users must be enrolled in the system
directory, this change has been added to simplify maintenance for new users who want to send
reports or store reports locally.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF412. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 4 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page. Note, this PTF also contains a correction
to a problem related to CPF0001 errors.
Effective date: March 1, 2001
The original release of WebReport/400 only supported print line widths of up to 198 characters.
This was based on an old "standard" for the IBM midrange that set this as the maximum width.
This limit has now been raised to 238 characters in WebReport/400.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF408. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 4 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: February 15, 2001
AS/400 reports can contain overprinting for a variety of reasons. Sometimes this is done for
emphasis or some other special effect on the output report. Other times overprint lines can
contain relevant data for the report. Prior to this change, WebReport/400 ignored all but the first
line in a set of overprint lines.
With this change, you can specify how you want overprint line sets processed. You can choose
to ignore them or you can choose to take the data on them and merge it together. This change
applied to reports that are sent as E-mail and for reports that are converted for local deployment
(HTML conversions).
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF407. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 4 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: December 5, 2000
To help diagnose problems with certain spool file conversion processing, a remote diagnostic
tool has been added to WebReport/400. This tool will allow customers to send the exact
contents
of the spool file they have having a problem with to Kisco for diagnostic support. Instructions
for using this feature are provided when needed.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF403. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 4 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: November 28, 2000
With this change, WebReport/400 can call a user written program immediately following a local
conversion of a report into HTML, RTF or PDF. Using this option, users can process the
converted report for Internet or Intranet deployment immediately following conversion
processing by WebReport/400. Parameters are passed to the post-process program that identify
the type of conversion and the location of the converted report along with optional additional
user parameters.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF402. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 4 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: November 4, 2000
The process for converting reports for Internet or Intranet deployment in HTML, RTF or PDF
format has been enhanced. A new feature allows you to store the converted report virtually
anywhere on your system with the addition of an output option to place the converted file in the
IFS.
The update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF401. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 4 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: November 1, 2000
Release 4 of WebReport/400 is now available. This release contains all of the enhancements
already made available for the previous release via PTF changes plus it adds optional support for
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) report format conversion. The PDF support is available for an extra
charge by upgrading to the new WebReport/400 PDF product.
Current customers can obtain the new release by contacting Kisco Information Systems. A new
user's guide is now available and customers can, at their choice, upgrade to the new PDF
support.
Effective date: August 17, 2000
A new Address Book feature has been added to WebReport/400. This feature lets you store
frequently used Email addresses and refer to them via short, easy to use abbreviations.
The update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF305. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 3 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: August 10, 2000
Support has been added to WebReport/400 that now allows you to stack multiple direct internet
Email addresses on each destination Email address parameter. Twenty such parameters are
available, each with 253 characters. In prior versions, you could only specify one address in
each
parameter. With this new feature, the prior limit of 20 addresses is effectively lifted.
The update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF304. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 3 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: July 18, 2000
A new feature has been added to the Email capability of WebReport/400. With this change, a
brief, variable Email message can also be included with report distribution via Email. The new
feature is implemented for both manual distributions and for automatic distributions.
The update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF303. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 3 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: July 14, 2000
Two new options have now been added to the HTML conversion process:
These updates are available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF302. Registered customers
of WebReport/400 Release 3 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it
from us. Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the
PTF, click on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: March 13, 2000
For customer doing local conversions, either to HTML or to the newly available RTF formats,
this new option allows you to replace a file that already exists with the same name.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF206. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: March 13, 2000
WebReport/400 now offers you a choice of local report conversio attachment formats. You can
convert your report into HTML (a feature WebReport/400 has always had) or you can now
optionally convert your report into Rich Text Format (RTF) format. The converted file is stored
on your AS/400 at the location you specify. This gives you the ability to store reports in a
format
that can be used by client word processing software (ie: Word, WordPerfect, etc). This provides
good editting capability and gives a much improved method for printing the reports on your PC.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF206. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: February 16, 2000
WebReport/400 now offers you a choice of Email attachment formats. You can send your
AS/400 report as a plain text file (*TXT) or as a Rich Text Format (*RTF) file. Prior versions of
WebReport/400 only supported send text files. The RTF format is compatible with most popular
PC wordprocessing software and lets you have more control over format and printing options.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF204. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: December 30, 1999
Using WebReport/400, you can route a report to a local output queue on your AS/400 after it has
been sent to one or more Email destinations. With this change, you can also specify a different
form type for the local routing. Since the form type can be used to direct Email output, it is
helpful to change it back to a more normal form type when routing to your local printers.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF203. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page. Note that this PTF also includes the following new
feature.
Effective date: December 29, 1999
This new feature allows you to automatically route reports, or report segments, to different
destination Email addresses based on Email Directive Statements that are included directly in the
spool file. Using this feature, you can control the routing of output reports from your application
program by inserting Direct Internet Email addresses from your database into the output report
stream.
To use this feature, you must be running your system on OS/400 V4R1M0 or higher and have
direct Internet Email support configured on your system. Information on how to set up this
configuration is in the WebReport/400 Release 2 User's Guide.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF203. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page. Note, this PTF also includes the previously listed new
feature.
Effective date: August 12, 1999
With this change, a report can be re-routed locally following an E-mail operation. Using this
method, a report can be sent as E-mail and then routed to a local printer for printing. It can also
be routed to a different E-mail output queue and sent to another set of recipients.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF106. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: February 5, 1999
This new feature allows you to add banners to your AS/400 reports when you convert them into
HTLM documents using WebReport/400. The new feature allows you to code HTML code
blocks that can then be inserted as a header, trailer or both on your report. These HTML code
blocks can include graphics, links and anything else that can be coded using HTML. The new
options are available on both manually converted reports and via the WebReport/400 automatic
report processing method.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF104. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: November 19, 1998
This new feature allows you to change the color for the text of your report when it is displayed
with browser software. The default value is black, but any of the valid HTML color names can
be
selected.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF103. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on the E-mail link at the start of this page.
Effective date: November 11, 1998
This new feature is used when converting reports into HTML documents for internet or intranet
deployment. It allows you to optionally create an index into the report. The index is created at
the
top of the HTML document.
You can choose to have no index, a single index pointing to the last page of the report or
multiple
index entries. When you choose the multiple entries option, WebReport/400 will create an index
link at every "n"th page.
This update is available via the Internet as PTF package WRPTF102. Registered customers of
WebReport/400 can obtain this PTF as an E-mail attached file by just requesting it from us.
Instructions for installing the PTF will be provided along with the file. To request the PTF, click
on
the E-mail link at the start of this page.
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