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See our Downloads page to download the latest fix pack for a product. |
See the cover letter for details of the changes that this fix pack includes.
One highlight is the release of a new MRGSPLF (Merge Spooled Files) command that allows you to combine several spooled files into a single new spooled file. Note that this does not support *USERASCII spooled files. Further future enhancements to this command are planned that will allow the selection of spooled files to be merged. At present, the spooled files must be listed by name/job/number.
These changes are now included in the install packs.
We have also now resolved an issue that came to light with the building of our PC installer application which meant that it was not possible to use the PC installer to install CoolSpools V6 on OS/400 V5R3M0.
We have now launched our Help Desk portal where you can
The latest fix pack for V6 addresses an issue that has come to light with Excel files generated by Spool Converter when opened by Excel 2003. Excel 2003 (but not Excel 2000 or Excel 2007 or Excel 2010) was objecting to the way in which cell styles were being output. This has now been amended to satisfy Excel 2003's somwhat quirky requirements.
Fix pack 038 also contains a fix to CoolSpools Database relating to the handling of edit words with a preceding 0.
These changes are now included in the install packs.
CoolSpools V6 is now out of beta.
See our Upgrade page for upgrade information.
See our What's New page for details of the exciting new features available in the new release.
We have now upgraded our test server to IBM i 7.1 (OS/400 V7R1M0) to allow us to test our software at the new release of the IBM i operating system. In order to allow us to save objects from the test server (V7R1M0) back to our development server (previously at V5R3M0), we have now also upgraded our development server to OS/400 V5R4M0.
The good news is that, as expected, no issues related to our software running on IBM i 7.1 (OS/400 V7R1M0) have so far come to light.
The bad news for customers running OS/400 V5R1M0 is that we are no longer able to compile for that release. Consequently, we are no longer able to produce PTFs/fixes/enhancements for the products listed below that will run on OS/400 V5R1M0. The minimum OS/400 release needed to run or install a PTF for any of these products is no OS/400 V5R2M0:
| Product name | Last V5R1M0-compatible PTF |
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| CoolSpools PLUS | 5CP0191 |
| CoolSpools V5 | 5CV0306 |
| Slipstream V4 | 4SX0099 |
| Communiqué V1 | 1CM0087 |
| CoolTools V2 | 2ST0070 |
If you are an existing customer running any of the above products on OS/400 V5R1M0, the software will continue to run as before, but you will be unable to install any PTFs after those listed above.
If you are a prospective customer running V5R1M0, we can still provide a version of the above software capable of running on OS/400 V5R1M0 (see our download page), but support will be limited in that no PTFs can now be produced that can be installed on V5R1M0.
An issue has come to light with Excel files created by CoolSpools and Slipstream that means that they give an error message when opened by any version of Excel on Windows 7. If you respond OK to the message, the file can then be opened, but some formatting is lost.
A fix is available for this issue. See this FAQ answer for further details.