a software application review of ibm as400 freeware Projex400
Projex/400 is a tool package bursting with goodies. A little brighter than some, but still as robust. The bundle contains some really neat tools that enable you to use provided commands or menu options to present you with data in very readable formats.
Even better than this - its FREE!
What is in the PROJEX400 Toolkit?
Essentially PROJEX400 is a collection of Software tools; utilities, commands, procedures or any other way you choose to describe them.
Everything in the PROJEX400 Toolkit is command driven. This allows you easy access from any command line. Another bonus is that you can apply commands to areas like PDM with ease. For example, if you wanted to use the SRTSRCMBR command to upgrade your RPG source you could simply create a PDM User Defined option running the SRTSRCMBR command and then repeat that for the entire source file that you have selected using PDM.
The tools are constantly evolving and new commands, enhancements to existing commands and other optional details are being added all the time.
The initial menu is broken down into the following sub-menus:
| File Management Menu | To work with Physical and Logical file attributes (Fields, Keys, Relations) as well as executing re-orgs, cross-dependent logicals, retrieve deleted records etc.. |
| Data Management Menu | OutQ to Disk Conversions, Editing of Data, Message Descriptions, Data Areas, along with Scans, SQL Execution and a neat utility for Duplicating/Populating/Rebuilding physicals and logicals. |
| Source Management | Debug, Retrieve DDS, Work members, source, etc.. |
| Millennium Compliancy Menu | Say no more! |
| Network/PC Data Trans Menu | Tools with transmission functions |
| Comms Menu | Add traces, check comms logs etc. |
| Games Menu | Only Battleships and Noughts and Crosses. No Lara Croft I'm sorry to say! |
| Misc Tools | Un-categorized, but there is some neat stuff in there. |
| Cross Reference Menu | Work with File, Program and DataArea Usage |
Each sub menu contains an array of functions that help to make the day more pleasurable.
