Comments on: iSeries utility FROG user review, pt. 3

By: Jonas Temple

Jonas Temple — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:55:39 +0000

Just to comment on 4, but FROG also has the ability to run SQL scripts. In addition, those scripts can contain imbedded “substitution variables” that can be supplied at run time. You can also:

* Issue CL commands from within FROG scripts (which I believe you can also do with iSeries Navigiator scripts tools).
* Download results to your PC in one of several file formats.
* Run PC commands (such as “Open” or a specific program)

And you can run these scripts with FROG completely unattended…FROG will sign on to the target machine, execute the script then sign off.

By: Peter B

Peter B — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:55:24 +0000

I also agree with No. 4. The iSeries Navigator query tool is by far the best utility for running queries. You’ll never go back to the green screen equivalents once you get used to it. FROG is OK - maybe it will rival Navigator in time.

By: Mike Eovino

Mike Eovino — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:33:09 +0000

I just started playing with the Data perspective in WDSC. Not sure how you’d use it for editing a single record, but it appears to be pretty nice for browsing data (including running SQL).

By: Bruce M

Bruce M — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:00:23 +0000

I agree with Number 4. Frog is clever but I’ll probably stick with Navigator scripts for mass changes, and WRKDBF for a few records.

By: Phil C

Phil C — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:36:10 +0000

I’ve tried Frog, it’s OK, but what works better for me is the “Run SQL Script” that’s part of iSeries Navigator. If you have the full version installed, you can put a text file on your desktop with the extension “.sql” and use it to launch the SQL scripts without starting navigator. This tool allows me to keep multiple SQL statements on the screen, separate them with a “;” and if I want, execute them all in sequence. It also allows me to save them as a text file so I can refer to them later… Main downside… gotta remember that it’s library.file not library/file!

By: Karl Brookover

Karl Brookover — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:19:25 +0000

I have found that AS400 Expert is eaiser to use. It is Windows based and has rarely failed. Check it out at.
http://dartclub.tripod.com/as400expert.h…

By: Eoin Woods

Eoin Woods — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:24:43 +0000

Colours and a mouse often make an application much more accessible. For many classes of user, a Windows application is much more approachable than a green screen. Not for the experienced “power user” perhaps, but for most of the others.

By: LPrendergast

LPrendergast — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:34:39 +0000

I never knew that more colors and a mouse make a product better in and of itself. You sound like my users. Don’t get me wrong FROG works great, but not because its a windows app and/or its written in java.

The ERP product my company uses has a JWalk screen scraper utility the runs over our apps, the (L)users love it even though half of the functionality disappears.