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 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > > Practices > > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
