• From the President
• News from the Lab
• Answers to your questions
• Training Schedule for January and February
• Recent Additions to DRV Family of Customers

Thanks to our valued customers, 2009 provided DRV with unprecedented growth. Additionally, we received enhancement requests that will not only improve our existing software offering, but add completely new modules as well. To say thank you to our family of customers, DRV is making a one-time offer.

Clients that already own SpoolFlex can add FormFlex electronic forms software to their configuration and get a $500 discount! Additionally, If you add the Secure Checks laser check add-on, you will receive a $1,500 discount! The order must be placed by February 28, 2010 to take advantage of this offer. If you’ve thought about switching to electronic forms or replacing an expensive older legacy forms system, DRV has the tools priced for you to get started right away.

Clients that already own FormFlex can add any SpoolFlex report conversion and distribution module(s) to their configuration and get a 30% discount! (The PCL2PDF forms conversion module is excluded.) The order must be placed by February 28. If you’ve considered adding Excel and PDF conversion to your DRV FlexTools, take advantage of this great value.

New product – MessageFlex I would also like to take this opportunity to announce the release of our newest FlexTools module, MessageFlex, a message queue monitor and notification software. MessageFlex monitors IBM i message queues for system and program messages sending notifications by e-mail, text message or instant message in real time.

MessageFlex provides system administrators with proactive system management instantly as these messages appear, potentially avoiding disaster. With this kind of instant notification, you will be able to find bugs before your users do!

The pricing for this stand-alone module is $2,995, but for existing customers ,we are offering the new module at just $1,570.To take advantage or discuss what these add-ons can do for you, call 866 378-3366 or e-mail Christopher David at cdavid@drvtech.com.

Current version 4.6.3 was released on December 18, 2009.
Enhancement List See what is new in the latest version.
Update Instructions Follow these instructions to upgrade your SpoolFlex/FormFlex software.

In the past, we have had some support issues with spooled files in output queue SFOUTQ. All of the issues were resolved by having the customer move his or her spooled files into another output queue. You should never put your spooled files in output queue SFOUTQ or SFOUTQ2. The output queues SFOUTQ and SFOUTQ2 are shipped with our software. They are used in our product for tutorials and for our technical team during a support call. Since these output queues are used in the tutorial and during support issues, these output queues could be cleared at any time and all spooled files can be deleted. For this reason, you should place your spooled files into another output queue or create an output queue specifically for your spooled files.

Our new product MessageFlex has now been released.
MessageFlex is a message monitoring application. It can be used to monitor for specific messages or for specific message types and forward the message via email or text message. We use MessageFlex to monitor for messages generated by our nightly backup to notify our operations team whenever an error occurs. There are lots of uses for monitoring for messages, and being proactive at getting issues resolved rather than reactive is our goal.

Q: Every time I open Managed Spooled Files, it defaults to SFOUTQ. Can I change this?
A: Yes. If you go into the setup menu, and then into user defaults, you can create a user default that matches your login profile. Then, whenever you use an option, it will pull your custom values in, like an output queue for example.

Q: I am creating form using FormFlex. Is there a way to use a watermark image in a form?
A: Yes. A watermark image is simply a light gray image. It can be made lighter using any image editing software and then can be imported into FormFlex like any other image.

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SpoolFlex Basic Training

If you purchased one-time training and have not yet attended, or if you have purchased our one-year unlimited training, we hope you can join us in one of the upcoming sessions. You can register by clicking on one of the links below, or you can check the upcoming training schedule by logging into our Customers page and then clicking on the “Training Schedule” link located on the right.

(PREREQUISITE: Familiarity with AS400 environment and commands)

SpoolFlex basic training will give you the tools to start converting reports to e-Formats. This basic overview of the product is designed for new SpoolFlex users. If you have been using SpoolFlex for an extended period of time and have specific questions regarding your spooled files, please give us a call and we will be happy to help you one-on-one.

SpoolFlex features covered in this training session:

• Overview of the SpoolFlex Main Menu
• How to manage Spooled Files Menu option
• Converting reports to PDF using Manage Spooled Files Menu option
• E-mailing reports using Manage Spooled Files Menu option
• Output Definition
• Converting reports to Excel
• Address Books
• Spooled Data Map
• Report Distributions
• Spool Sentry

***IMPORTANT***: Before registering for our Webinar, please check your e-mail spam filters to make sure that all CITRIXONLINE.COM correspondence is allowed. Upon registering, look for a confirmation e-mail by the end of next business day. The e-mail states “Thank you for registering for:” and contains a link to join the Webinar. If you have any problems, please contact DRV Tech Support at support@drvtech.com.

*Note*: Before attending a SpoolFlex basic training class, please print screenshots of the materials and review.

January Schedule

Session 1: Thursday - January 14, 2010  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
*REGISTER HERE* for this date

Session 2: Thursday - January 28, 2010  3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
*REGISTER HERE* for this date

February Schedule

Session 1: Thursday - February 11, 2010  10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
*REGISTER HERE* for this date

Session 2: Thursday - February 25, 2009  3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
*REGISTER HERE* for this date

SpoolFlex Advanced Training

Secondary Analysis in Excel Definition: This class will demonstrate how to take care of "special" detail lines in your spooled files. This is a short class designed for users who already have experience creating Excel definitions and now would like to learn about Secondary Analysis option.

SpoolFlex features covered in this Training Session are:

• Page Setup
• Include/Exclude
• Color Highlighting
• Secondary Analysis
• Column Attributes

January Schedule
Thursday, January 21, 2010  3:00 - 3:30 PM EST
*REGISTER HERE*

System Requirements:
PC-based attendees: Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, or Vista
Macintosh®-based attendees: Mac OS® X 10.3.9 (Panther®) or newer

• The Hunt Corporation
• Nova Scotia Power

SpoolFlex automates delivery of reports electronically to eliminate printing and manual distribution. SpoolFlex AS400 Excel and PDF conversion gets data where users need it, without hardware, and at the speed of light.

FormFlex (the native iSeries software) lets you print electronic forms and checks on standard HP-compatible laser printers using plain cut sheet paper. It also allows you to copy them to PDF to automatically e-mail, fax, and electronically file to network file servers. No PC hardware or custom programming is required.

ReportFlex allows you to reformat reports into easy-to-read and easy-to-manage reports without any programming. Its features include changing column headings, inserting lines, and inserting page breaks.

MessageFlex monitors for IBM i system and program messages and sends notifications via e-mail, text message or instant message when these messages appear, providing you with proactive system management to avert disaster before it happens.

eSign, an electronic signature software, allows you to electronically sign your documents to print on laser printers.

Call for a FREE demonstration, or visit http://www.drvtech.com/evaluation.html

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