BVSNews - The Newsletter from BVSTools.com Issue 1 - June 10, 2004 In This Issue: From the Desk of Brad - Issue 1 of BVSNews! - - New Pricing and Support Survey Available Online - - GreenBoard! Online Discussion Forums - Software News - BVSTools Announces the eRPG Software Development Kit (eRPG SDK) - - New Registration Key Process - FAQ Snap Shot - Determining Software Version - Featured Software - Get URI (GETURI) - ======================================================= From the Desk of Brad --------------------- - Issue 1 of BVSNews! - The response on our first survey was excellent. We would like to thank everyone for participating. Part of that survey asked if you were interested in a newsletter from BVSTools.com. Most of you responded with "yes", so here is the first issue! Please feel free to send feedback concerning the newsletter to me personally. You can find my contact information at https://www.bvstools.com/contact.html. The newsletters will be used to keep customers of BVSTools.com informed on new products, product updates, as well as any changes that are happening with the site itself. From time to time we will also put together surveys for our customers to fill out online to help us with certain decisions. We’d ask that everyone take a couple of minutes to complete any available surveys. If there is any other type of information you would like to read about, again, feel free to contact me. - New Pricing and Support Survey Available Online - Part of what makes BVSTools.com run so smoothly is input from customers. A lot of questions have been coming up about pricing and support. Because I do things a little differently than "the big boys", it sometimes catches people off guard. We would like to ask that you visit https://www.bvstools.com to take a survey that deals with pricing and support issues on some of the more important questions that I have been receiving. Once on any page at bvstools.com, simply click on the "Pricing and Support Survey" link in the top right hand corner in the "What's New" section. Everyone's participation is important. If you have comments that you would like to add to the survey, don't hesitate to contact me. - GreenBoard! Online Discussion Forums - This is just a reminder that BVSTools.com has available the GreenBoard! discussion forums for users to ask questions, post tips, or share information about how a particular piece of software from BVSTools.com is used. We also post information about new software releases and other information regarding the website, so take the time to view the GreenBoard! forums periodically. To view the GreenBoard! forums, simply click on the “GreenBoard! Discussion Forum” link in the upper right hand corner on any page of the BVSTools.com website located under the “What’s New” section. ======================================================= Software News ------------- - BVSTools Announces the eRPG Software Development Kit (eRPG SDK) - BVSTools.com is proud to announce the eRPG SDK. The eRPG SDK was developed over the past few years and incorporates the best functionality for producing dynamic web content with RPG or any ILE language to date. As with the rest of our software offerings, we know that the eRPG SDK will become even better through customer input and ideas! If you are just starting web development projects on the iSeries or are looking for an easier way to create, edit and maintain your RPG web applications, the eRPG SDK is worth taking a look at. We are currently in the beta testing stage and are always looking for customers willing to beta test new software. Because we cannot possibly imagine all of the possible situations and scenarios in which our software is used, we are asking for users willing to beta test. More information on the eRPG SDK as well as sample applications, source code, and documentation can be found at https://www.erpgsdk.com or https://www.bvstools.com/erpgsdk/. - New Registration Key Process - BVSTools.com has incorporated a new registration key process that consists of two main points. The first point is for existing customers, and the second is for new customers. Existing customers that are updating their versions of most of the popular software available from BVSTools.com will need to email me with their serial number and model number so that a new key can be generated (free of charge). Your serial number can be found using the command: DSPSYSVAL SYSVAL(QSRLNBR) Your model number can be found using the command: DSPSYSVAL SYSVAL(QMODEL) New customers are now able to test most of the popular software from BVSTools.com without limitation with a temporary registration key. This means instead of limitations and/or nag screens or "friendly reminders" to register, new customers can test software without limitation for a pre-determined period of time. With any software update that you perform, be sure to completely read the version information and notes in the readme.txt file included with the zip file before installing the latest version. Important notes and instructions are included in this file to help make software installations and updates go as smooth as possible. ======================================================= FAQ Snap Shot ------------- - Determining Software Version - How do I determine the version of your software that I am using? With any of my software, simply type the command on the command line, prompt on it, then move the cursor to the top line and press the help key. There you will see the version as well as contact information. The OUTQTRG application is one exception. To find the version of this application simply type GO OUTQTRG on the command line and the version will be displayed at the top of the OUTQTRG menu display. See for Frequently Asked Questions at https://www.bvstools.com/faq.html. ======================================================= Featured Software ----------------- - Get URI (GETURI) - The GETURI utility was created to allow you to communicate with web servers, B2B servers, and Web Services all from the comfort of your iSeries command line, or from an RPG program. GETURI is the first and most functional HTTP client for the iSeries today. GETURI allows you to communicate with such web services as UPS, Banks, Credit Card Companies, and trading partners requiring web communications. GETURI then allows you to store the results of the communications in a physical file or a stream file in the IFS for processing. Several customers are already using GETURI for XML and SOAP communications, requesting UPS shipping information electronically, communicating on-line with credit card companies for verification and credit card charging as well as proprietary B2B communications. GETURI supports the HEAD, GET and POST methods, Basic Authentication, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), SSL with Client Authentication, proxy servers, cookies, web-based file uploads and the ability to define multiple user defined HTTP headers for use in any situation. As with any software, if there are any features you would like to see added, feel free to contact us with your request! For more information on GETURI, feel free to visit https://www.bvstools.com/geturi.html or contact me directly. Bradley V. 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