The OS is AIX, and I have the ability to print to a disk file.  And
that seems to be the way that I'll have to get the data out.

I was thinking about tackling this project again for awhile, but I
think I am going to put it on the back burner again.

Thanks!
Kevin


On 9/1/05, Thurman Pedigo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> I went through the same process in the late 80's. Only then it was a Wang
> Mini circa 1978 converting to FileMan. I had the advantage of having written
> the program (in BASIC), though that wasn't so much the advantage. We used a
> port interface (fuzzy, but I think telnet capture, or some device on the
> parallel port) to print (and capture) output to disk. We were using PC with
> DOS then.
> 
> You don't say what OS you are dealing with and your experience with it.
> However, I think you can find a tool that lets you take the text off a
> printer port. There are not as many of those gadgets now as we had then,
> however, you should be able to find something to capture date, if you can
> print it. Below is one such devices. I don't necessarily recommend it for
> your application. It is just a demonstration they still make them.
> http://www.printdistributor.com/print-to-file.html
> 
> Can you give a little more specs on OS and how much you can control it?
> Surely you can print some reports with the Cobol program. If you have some
> familiar OS, it should be fairly easy to get the data our.
> 
> thurman
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardhats-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Toppenberg
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:27 PM
> > To: Hardhats Sourceforge
> > Subject: [Hardhats-members] COBOL advise needed
> >
> > OK, OK, I know this is a M list.  But hear me out.
> >
> > The December our Mysis contract will expire, which is our old EMR.
> > The company says that it will be $5,000+ to get the old progress notes
> > exported.  Recently our group voted not to do that, and to just go
> > forward with our paper printouts of that data (which are already in
> > our paper charts).
> >
> > But I can't help but wonder if I could get the data out myself.  I
> > know that I can do it through printing to a disk instead of printer,
> > then running it all through a conversion program.  But it is certainly
> > lacking.
> >
> > The underlying code is written in cobol -- either RM COBOL or
> > MicroFocus Cobol (or both).  I don't know Cobol, but I gues I could go
> > learn it...
> >
> > So my question, does anyone know enough about cobol to tell me to give
> > it up now, its too hard.  Or that it's just sitting there for easy
> > picking.  Would the cobol be acting as the database itself (as M
> > does), or would it likely be using some other method of storing.  This
> > technology is circa 1990.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Kevin
> >
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