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Summary: FOR THE BEGINNERS!!
Review: After searching through the limited amount of technical books that try to explain how to use/get AS400 data and manipulate it on the PC, I eventually found this book. After reading the summary and seeing the price (I assumed that the price would be a reflection of the book's quality) I decided to make the purchase. I bought the book under the assumption that it would explain the various ways to get AS400 data across to the PC then how to use the data that you have grabbed.
This book explains how to use the various tools provided by IBM to get AS400 data - it manages to do this in a very small amount of pages, however it basically repeats what IBM do in their product documentation. It then goes on for the next 150 pages of how to display & organise the data in MS Office - a user faimliar with Office would already know what it expains in the 150+ pages. The book only touches on a few alternative methods of getting AS400 data - FTP/Data Transfer/Net Neighbourhood.
In summary: If you are a VB/VBA programmer that wants to know how to get data from your 400 - don't buy this book. If you want to learn how to use Data Transfer & Operations Navigator - go to IBM. If you want to learn about displaying data in MS OFfice - go to MS Press. Oh, and don't buy this book. Period.
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Summary: My staff was very disappointed
Review: I often purchase technical books from Amazon because the local stores never have them. Amazon is a great place to learn what's out there. I purchased a few copies this book at a conference for several of members of my staff. The topic was new to me but seemed relevant and though the cost is very high for a thin paperback, I expected the quality of the information to reflect the price. The comments from my staff were universally negative and I also found it far too casual (without any useful depth) and not written to normal technical standards. When I called the company that publishes this $79.00 book to see about returning it I learned they have gone out of business. No Wonder...
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Summary: My staff was very disappointed
Review: I often purchase technical books from Amazon because the local stores never have them. Amazon is a great place to learn what's out there. I purchased a few copies this book at a conference for several of members of my staff. The topic was new to me but seemed relevant and though the cost is very high for a thin paperback, I expected the quality of the information to reflect the price. The comments from my staff were universally negative and I also found it far too casual (without any useful depth) and not written to normal technical standards. When I called the company that publishes this $79.00 book to see about returning it I learned they have gone out of business. No Wonder...
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Summary: Offers Everyday Solutions
Review: Lots of easy to follow instructions and screenshots.
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Summary: Good step-by-step tutorials
Review: Lots of figures and step by step instructions made it easy for me to create easy reports from our AS/400 data. Saved tons of time!
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Summary: A Must Have!!!
Review: The book explained everything from the beginning, leading on to the more advanced stuff. Office 97 is amazing! Excel pivottables with AS/400 data saved us days of programming time.
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Summary: Great book. Very informative
Review: This book helped unlock some of the Office-AS/400 mysteries for me. It has helped me to understand how to maximize the AS/400 with Office. I recommend this book to anyone who wishes to use Office with the AS/400. It is a real timesaver.
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Summary: not bad
Review: We have been able to use some of the book.
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Summary: How to stop tears.
Review: Well paced and easy to read. This will save you plenty of tears as the writers have alresdy been there. A must for all AS400 users.
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Summary: FOR THE BEGINNERS!!
Review: When I stumbled across this book at Amazon, I thought it was an answer to my prayers. I am a VB/VBA programmer and I've been working with AS/400 data for a few months now. I am not an AS/400 person, so I've been bringing the data to my PC and manipulating it in Access and Excel.It seemed like this book would provide good tips to make this process run more smoothly, but it has absolutely nothing in it that I don't already know... This book is probably wonderful for AS/400 people who have limited PC experience, but for Windows developers with limited 400 experience, it is useless. Dollar for page, it's also one of the most expensive computer books I've ever seen.
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