From: "John S. Giltner, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I may still be missing the point. Just how is Windows any different? If you
buy Windows from a store and install on a PC, download a PDF file, double
click it, what will happen? Nothing. Windows has no way to keep track of
whats on it with out installing either a purchased, self-written, or a free
program.
You need to install something that in most instances, not all, will tell
Windows what to do.
The original poster said something along the lines of "I don't want to keep
scraps of paper with all my DB2 table names on it". In support of that, I
used an analogy that even though Windows doesn't natively support PDF
documents, the operating system itself will display PDF files in a list. In
contrast, which "native" ISPF application would a person have to go into to
see a list of all their DB2 tables?
I don't know for sure, but I think this is what the original poster was
getting at when he mentioned his frustration with having to keep lists of
DB2 table names on scraps of paper.
Dave Salt
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