Run Query/400 from Windows. Output directly to MS Excel, Word, and Access. Pay no license for a limited time.
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Qport Office is a time-saving Windows runtime interface to IBM Query/400. Qport Office enables Windows users to run Query/400 queries from Windows and send their output directly to Excel, Word, Access, PC printers, and their display. No need to output queries to file and then do a file transfer. Qport Office does it all in one step, without ODBC. Excel users can replace and append to existing worksheets and preserve their formatting so they spend less time copying and pasting. No query conversion or revision required. Ninety days of toll-free installation and software support are included.
Developer's Take:
"We developed Qport Office because we saw companies spending a lot of time running Query/400 queries to create DB2 files and then using file-transfer tools to convert the output into PC file formats for MS Office users. We felt people would appreciate having a simple Windows runtime interface to Query/400 that could do this in one step. This product is incredibly easy to use."
—John O'Sullivan, VP of IT, New Generation Software
Functions
Qport Office allows users to:
- Run Query/400 queries from Windows.
- Create and update MS Excel workbooks, sheets, and ranges, and MS Access tables.
- Create Word documents.
- Link Query/400 queries for sequential execution.
- Run Query/400 queries from the Windows task scheduler.
Features
Qport Office provides an easy, fast path for Excel users to output, save, and refresh sheets, named ranges, formulas, formatting, charts, and graphs when the IBM Query/400 queries are re-run.
Platforms
IBM i (iSeries/System i/AS/400)
System Requirements
i5/OS V5R1 or above; IBM Query/400; Windows 98SE, NT, 2000 or XP; and Microsoft Office Professional 2000 or higher
Product Category
Query Tools/EIS/Report Generators
Product Type
Query Tool for IBM Query/400
General Availability Date
Now
Price
No cost. Two concurrent user license of Qport Office is available free to new NGS customers until December 31, 2010.
New Generation Software, Inc.
3835 N. Freeway Blvd., Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95834
Tel: 800.824.1220 or 916.920.2200
Email:
Web: www.ngsi.com
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